What you see is exactly what you get Issue 47 : Mar/Apr 2006 Why do you always seem to tack into a header? Why do iceboats always sail to windward, no matter which direction they’re going? Why is it t...
What to expect and how to survive Issue 47 : Mar/Apr 2006 There were all the classic signs — I was just too inexperienced, or in too much of a hurry, to pay attention to them. After a rainy night, my ...
A Mobjack Bay cruise with Jim Brown and his classic trimaran Issue 50 : Sept/Oct 2006 The end of World War II saw the flowering of a new type of sailboat . . . new to the American sailor at least. A n...
This necessary skill comes with knowledge and practice Issue 53 : Mar/Apr 2007 Unlike automobiles, which operate on a a solid medium, boats are always at the interface between two fluids, both of whic...
Keel/centerboarder has fans on the Chesapeake and in Florida Issue 58 : Jan/Feb 2008 In the late 1970s, Robert Deutsch decided he needed a new boat to race on the Great Lakes and approached Bruce Kirb...