This grating bends to the contour of any floor Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 Marine gratings have one thing in common: they are rigid and fit only in perfectly flat areas. A curve in the sole means getting ...
Air-condition your boat for less than $100 Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 “It must be 104 degrees out here you think to yourself as you walk down the dock toward your boat. It’s been just moments since you p...
One of just a handful of sailing Chris-Crafts Issue 59 : Mar/Apr 2008 The Chris-Craft Capri 30 is a Sparkman & Stephens design built by the Chris-Craft Boat Company for only two years: 1964 and 19...
Stowing oars and more in a plastic tender’s slick interior Issue 64 : Jan/Feb 2009 Back in the days of wooden dinghies, or at least wooden seats in plastic dinghies, a person always had a place to las...
A new way to get a grip on deck clutter Issue 66 : May/Jun 2009 “OK, Sam, slap the cuffs on her.” This line from an old B-rated cops-and-robbers movie could have a new life as good advice on how to ke...
An Alberg 30 takes a racing sailor into his cruising years Issue 81 : Nov/Dec 2011 When Dave Terrell began the refit of Scholarship II, his 1970 Alberg 30, his plan was to create a cruising sailboat t...
Years of tender care revived a wilting Watkins Issue 90: May/June 2013 Her name is Sundew. She’s a 1978 Watkins 27 shoal-draft cruising sloop. She was named after an award-winning tulip in Holland. Sa...
A well-earned renovation for a well-used boat Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 When Ken and Ginny Reinink decided to buy a good old boat, they had a list of criteria. The boat had to be the right size for two...
Simple security for sliding doors Issue 96 : May/Jun 2014 There are all kinds of pins. There are hairpins, clothespins, straight pins, and tenpins. But there is only one kind of Reinpin! In the Septem...
A salad bowl was the dressing it needed Issue 106 : Jan/Feb 2016 When we purchased Sundew, our Watkins 27, she needed love in many areas, (see “Sundew Returns to Bloom,” May 2013). What she did have, ...
Dropboards give way to user-friendly doors Issue 117: Nov/Dec 2017 Companionway dropboards are cumbersome to remove and replace and inconvenient to store. When you need them, they’re often buried deep...
Dropboards give way to user-friendly doors Companionway dropboards are cumbersome to remove and replace and inconvenient to store. When you need them, they’re often buried deep in a locker. What’s a s...
High seas adventure, piracy, kidnapping, political intrigue, an Irish Sea gale, and even a bit of romance…all this and more awaits the readers of A Ship’s Tale Jay Young tells a story about a gr...