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    Ron Chappell

    Ron Chappell has been restoring and sailing small cruisers for the last 20 years and, last winter, tried out Envy, a Voyage 26, in the Abaco Islands. Ron maintains he has gained much of his expertise through articles in Good Old Boat – he has been on board since the magazine’s inception and archives every issue.

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    Nigel Calder’s Cruising Handbook: Book review

    Ordinarily, I would not get too excited about another new cruising book, even one by as eminent an author as Nigel Calder, whose previous work, Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual, has ...

    Ron Chappell
    September 1, 2001
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