Sailor Profile: Albert Einstein
The world’s most famous physicist was a devoted, if unconventional, yachtsman. What name would you...
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Author: John Vigor
Sticking Point
The DIY deck paint job looked fantastic. Then the surveyor showed up. Toward the end of a 13-month...
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One Wing Flapping – Seagull Outboard
Irascible and indomitable, the British Seagull was not for the faint of heart. Long before the...
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The End of His Rope – Boat Towing Terror
Wherein a glorious small-boat adventure ends in ignominy and terror. When I was young and thought...
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Renaming a boat? How bad could that be?
Superstition got you down? John Vigor offers tips for renaming your boat and keeping it lucky I...
Read MoreCapsize – how it happens
Planning for an unplanned inversion Capsize: how it happens, and what you can do to survive it When Isabelle Autissier’s 60-foot racer capsized in the Southern Ocean, it sent a chill of fear through the sailing community....
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Vigor’s Black Box Theory
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water … Why is it that some sailors go quietly...
Read MoreThe Unlikely Voyage of Jack De Crow: Book Review
When Sandy Mackinnon set out on a vacation trip down the River Severn, in England, he wasn’t planning to be away more than two weeks. His boat, after all, was a 10-foot 10-inch Mirror Class dinghy that he could only sail...
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