Illustrating a technical article calls for a different set of rules Issue 15 : Nov/Dec 2000 Have you ever written an article and then had trouble taking a picture that did it justice? Don’t worry. It ...
Issue 19 : Jul/Aug 2001 Consider for a moment ball valves and seacocks . . . the plastic variety, specifically, the stuck plastic variety. What do you do when you buy a boat with stuck plastic ball va...
Old boats (and jacks) feature in all the “best stories” Issue 21 : Nov/Dec 2001 Have you ever wondered what makes a boat good instead of just new or old? Canoe & Kayak magazine posed a similar que...
Issue 21 : Nov/Dec 2001 Tired of tasting bilge water to see if it’s fresh or salt? Puzzled by deck leaks when you’ve cornered the 3M 5200 market? You say your leak recurs every time your kids wash the...
Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 Crack! Not the sound you want to hear as you reach across the bay in a freshening breeze. Especially when the tiller feels as if it isn’t connected to the boat at the same time...
This automotive windshield goop is cheap, effective, and durable Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 Do you have a leaky Lewmar hatch? Is it one of those intermittent drips that you can’t find? Has it reached the...
This is not a book about boat construction; it’s a book about using epoxy resin in boat construction. The value of this book lies in the background of its authors. These people are chemists. The...