Or, why the ex-owner’s wife sends me cheerful cards every Christmas Issue 11 : Mar/Apr 2000 I called my friend Phil one afternoon to ask his opinion of a 19-foot Spacesailer I had seen at a boatyard i...
Bake delicious cake, bread, pizza — on your boat’s stovetop in a skillet or pressure cooker Issue 11 : Mar/Apr 2000 No oven! Now what do I do? When my husband, Dan, came back to our boat, Catherine L,...
A pair of tough mini racer/cruisers strut their stuff in Maine and New York Issue 11 : Mar/Apr 2000 I’m sailing.” As Bob Howe speaks those words, his eyes sparkle, and the grin common to born-again sa...
Top designer Ted Brewer explains stability and how it affects safety and speed Issue 11 : Mar/Apr 2000 The speed of a sailing yacht in any given wind is determined, to a large extent, by the amount of...
A Pacific Seacraft 25, the last of her kind, sets out for the Gulf of Alaska and beyond Issue 11 : Mar/Apr 2000 The longshoreman was an old seadog with Skye-blue eyes and a Scottish burr, watching me ...
Issue 11 : Mar/Apr 2000 Before I made my first ocean crossing, I would allow the water to run in the sink while I brushed my teeth. Then, one day in mid-Atlantic, the first time in my life that I had ...
Issue 12 : May/Jun 2000 On January 6, 2000, he went sailing for the first time. He stepped off the dock and shed the shackles of the land, experiencing for the first time the noiseless serenity and fr...
(With apologies to Joshua Slocum) Issue 12 : May/Jun 2000 In the March 2000 issue of Practical Sailor editor Dan Spurr describes how he came to sell his Tartan 44, Viva. He concludes that he has lost ...
Issue 12 : May/Jun 2000 You’re not thinking sailing!” my husband once admonished me after a particularly stupid error on my part. Not only was I not thinking sailing, I was resenting what had come to ...
Call him apostle or zealot, Roger Winiarski believes in bronze Issue 12 : May/Jun 2000 If he’s not a “bronze god,” Roger Winiarski at least ranks as an angel to anyone looking for hardware for a boat ...
Check the pros and cons before you decide which tender is right for you Issue 12 : May/Jun 2000 The age-old question of what dinghy is best will never find a universal answer. Each boating situation h...
Wooden boats can be a good choice for cost, comfort, and old-fashioned seaworthiness Issue 12 : May/Jun 2000 We’re not alone in being unable to afford a new offshore cruising boat, or even a recently ...
Issue 12 : May/Jun 2000 Perhaps you’ve noticed: Jerry and I are a couple of good old folks with a good old boat — exactly the profile of many of our readers. We have not circumnavigated the globe. (Je...
Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 Since Carl departed, there is no one left to speak for his “billions and billions” of stars. With Sagan gone, his stars are still out there, as they have been since a lost sail...
Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 Return to your boat after a week or more, and you’ll see their lacework decorating the lifelines, shrouds, and pulpits. They’re lovely, these spider webs, with silvery threads ...
Issue 14: Sept/Oct 2000 Sail shape isn’t as important to me as it is to my sailing partner, technical editor, co-conspirator, and husband. He’s a consummate sailor, one who honed his skills in the one...
Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 In the winter of 1996, I became possessed by the thought of buying a sailboat. I had had limited and very messy experiences sailing a Sunfish a few times before that, so what c...
Time to quit sailboat racing and take up gentle cruising instead Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 This was written while I was confined to a hospital bed at the Cleveland Clinic following a medical emergency t...
Good old boats, good old folks, and the Pardeys add spice to the America’s Cup festivities Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 Here is one definition of a good old boat: standing on a dock in Auckland, New Zealan...
Asia’s largest and oldest boatbuilder is still in business after 130 years Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 Cruise the waters of the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, or Lake Michigan, and you’ll find yachts built ...
Issue 14: Sept/Oct 2000 What can you say about a 40-year-old one-design keelboat that has fleets in places like Fiji, the Philippines, Australia, Canada, and Europe? “Legendary” seems to fit the Thund...
A marine photographer tells how to get that once-in-a-lifetime shot Issue 14: Sept/Oct 2000 I love the sight of a sailboat romping by itself in a brisk breeze on an otherwise empty bay. I love still w...
How to drink, shower, and wash the dishes on about a gallon a day Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 Depending on the source you quote, the average landlubber uses between 70 and 120 gallons of fresh water a day...
Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 It was quiet in the marina. I was up the mast attending to a recalcitrant anchor light. A U.S. Coast Guard boat with two large outboards idled into the entrance and up and down...
Issue 15 : Nov/Dec 2000 I had heard it takes a year to get used to a boat, new or old. Until recently, I never really believed it. It’s been 17 months since we acquired our newest boat. We loved the o...
Issue 15 : Nov/Dec 2000 Because I earn my living as a harpist, I can’t afford to let my fingers get really out of shape. So I have always sailed with a harp — except when cruising on a Tanzer 22 with ...
Expert or beginner, when you make melodies afloat, you’ll make friends Issue 15 : Nov/Dec 2000 When Sylvia and I lived aboard our 30-year-old Nicholson 26 for a year, the best and driest locker was ke...
An addict explains why trailer sailing is on the rise Issue 15 : Nov/Dec 2000 Undulating curtains of snow sweep past our window, nearly obscuring our small ship, now shrouded in tarps. Nose lifted to ...
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 ...
Beyond natural artistic instinct, these simple rules can improve your photos Issue 15 : Nov/Dec 2000 Like many of us, Mary Jane Hayes has an instinctive sense of the beautiful and dramatic. She tells ...
