Lingering fair weather is irresistible Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 Past Labor Day, through October and well into November, there’s some fine sailing to be had in Puget Sound — warm 75-degree days that tu...
Shelter for a cockpit that’s active in winter Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 Blue plastic hardware-store tarps appear in our marina about the time mushrooms sprout in the nearby woods. Slung over booms and ...
Innovative design and a voluminous interior Issue 93 : Nov/Dec 2013 Hunter Marine builds enough boats, about 2,000 a year, to make it one of the leading producers of sailboats in the world. The compan...
Fire hose looks the part and takes the wear Issue 95 : Mar/Apr 2014 It would be about three hours before the morning tide would turn and take me on a fast-moving flood through Rich Passage on the way ...
A sturdy sailing motorsailer Issue 96 : May/Jun 2014 Capital Yachts, the builder of the Gulf 32, was formed in 1971 by Jon Williams and Bill Smith when they bought the tooling for the Newport line of ...
A rare cat ketch and uncommonly good coastal cruiser Issue 97 : Jul/Aug 2014 Tom Curley pulled into the marina parking lot on his Victory motorcycle. We stood there admiring this eccentric machine, it...
Sailing solo and being social Issue 102 : May/Jun 2015 We three set off on an autumn day bound for nowhere in particular. Jerry in Raconteur, his race-worthy Ericson 32; Stuart in Over Easy, a well-fo...
A handsome design that excels as a cruiser and club racer Issue 102 : May/Jun 2015 Boats designed by Bruce King for Ericson Yachts share a strong family resemblance, from the smallest of the line, the...
A shoal-draft cutter for blue water Issue 112: Jan/Feb 2017 Mike Gover, the owner of the Downeaster 38, Cabezon Café, holds a U.S. Coast Guard certification for up to 100 tons. An avid sport fisherman...
L. Francis Herreshoff, in his introduction to The Compleat Cruiser, holds that there is no better way of instructing than “carrying on a narrative.” Parker’s story revisits 1970̵...