A homemade sentinel is cheap reassurance Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 Anchoring is a lot like sailing: 95 percent relaxing and fun and 5 percent hassle, if not outright terror. At the end of the summer, t...
The alternative doesn’t bear thinking about . . . or does it? Issue 81 : Nov/Dec 2011 Our friend Harold has always hated powerboats. Now pushing 70, he’s been a sailor his entire life and has distinct...
A fast club racer that accommodates four adults Issue 88 : Jan/Feb 2013 Rob Geisler needed a new sailboat. Not a new boat as in brand-new, but new as in bigger. He had graduated from a 13-foot Styrofo...
Damp skivvies provoke an impromtu pit stop Issue 88 : Jan/Feb 2013 We put up with many inconveniences when sailing because we like to go where cell phones don’t ring. But wet underwear? That forced ou...
A deflated blow-up makes way for something solid Issue 117: Nov/Dec 2017 We bought our Mercury inflatable dinghy 11 years ago, despite some misgivings about the concept of its inflatable floor. The di...