2020 Back Issues (Download Only)

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January/February  2020 Issue Highlights

• Blown off a mooring! Travis Weaver tells the story (and of lessons learned)
• Erin Carey shares the fascinating life of John Kretschmer in a sailor profile
• DIY: Dave Lochner betters the battery strap and Dave McCampbell makes a shaft lock
• Repower! Andy Cross pulls the Perkins and welcomes a Yanmar
• Allen Penticoff reviews the Farrier F-33 and Rob Mazza offers his thoughts on tris
• Explore the Mingan Archipelago with Benoit Fleury as your guide
• Plus, a wrinkle in time, dragging anchors, greenhorns, and more!

The download size of this file is approximately 15 MB.

March/April  2020 Issue Highlights

• A sailboat changes a life! Elizabeth Masserang tells the story of finding north
• Drew Frye distills comprehensive battery knowledge and David Lynn demystifies equalization
• Brian Fagan on the art of writing a quality cruising guide
• A custom inner-spring berth mattress anyone can afford; Jim Shell shows how it’s done
• Gregg Nestor reviews the Gulfstar 39 and Rob Mazza offers his design comparison
• Explore the Mingan Archipelago with Benoit Fleury as your guide
• Plus: cabin heat, instrument bezel cheat, emergency running lights, and more!

The download size of this file is approximately 15 MB.

May/June  2020 Issue Highlights

• An underway refit of a Pearson Ariel by Emily Greenberg
• Ed Zacko installs an inner forestay and Jamie Gifford weighs in on hi-tech line
• Thomas Misa reflects on the merits of sailing the Salish Sea and Great Lakes
• Composting toilets from A to Z, by Jim Shell and Jerry Thompson
• Allen Penticoff reviews the Watson 27 and Rob Mazza offers his design comparison
• A new mainsail transforms Jon Keller’s Tartan
• Plus: an hilarious oil change, frightened near Astoria, and exploring Lasqueti Island!

The download size of this file is approximately 15 MB.

July/August  2020 Issue Highlights

• The Good Old Boat regatta is discovered by Wendy Mitman Clarke
• Fiona McGlynn connects with Ted Brewer and Ann Hoffner finds a kracken
• David Carey revisits the fear and lessons learned on a first sail
• DIY autopilot install by Patrick Davin
• Gregg Nestor reviews the Crealock 37 and Rob Mazza offers his design comparison
• The merits of a battered old boat are celebrated by Bob Brindle
• Plus: an ode to sailboat designers, a traveler car shackle rescue, and more…

The download size of this file is approximately 15 MB.

September/October  2020 Issue Highlights

• Tables! Vern Hobbs and Janet Gannon each share a clever cabin or cockpit solution
• Wendy Mitman Clarke discovers the wonders of Cumberland Island
• John Vigor learns lessons from a tow-gone-bad experience
• Kevin Keystone finds joy on a Laser, even when nobody is there to witness
• Robert Neches reviews the Nonsuch 36 and Rob Mazza offers his design comparison
• A sinking mast becomes a riddle solved by Zoran Glozinic
• Plus: the tale of a mistress, we say goodbye to two good old boaters, and much more…

The download size of this file is approximately 15 MB.

November/December  2020 Issue Highlights

• Rope! Rudy & Jill Sechez, Nic Compton, and Drew Frye explore the wonder of it
• In part 1 of a 2-part story, Bert Vermeer circumnavigates Vancouver Island
• Deborah Kelso discovers life as a shipwright
• Fiona McGlynn gets to know designer Bob Perry in a fascinating sailor profile
• Allen Penticoff reviews the Seaward 26RK, Rob Mazza offers his design comparison
• An old friend is found derelict and then restored by Curt Weibe
• Plus: tricing, a transducer elevator, and much more…

The download size of this file is approximately 15 MB.