A used production boat is a bargain Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Bob Perry told me that when he designed the Cheoy Lee 35 in 1978 he styled her after the Luders 33 and similar classic CCA-type cruiser/rac...
Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 We’d let the delivery wait too long. Doing a story in warm, sunny South Carolina made it seem like we had all the time in the world, but on the great prairie autumn was l...
Create a removable taillight assembly for your boat trailer Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 It’s early May. We’ve had a great launch and sail. Sally and I have enjoyed our first day on the water. Our Yankee S...
Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 My good friend, Lloyd Roberts, mentioned that he’d like a boarding gate over the transom of his Ericson 27, and I came up with this fix. It’s an easy modification, and th...
A useful technique for recovering a fancy hat — or a crewmember overboard Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 In my local waters I cannot remember the last time I saw a yacht hove to. Conversation with sailors co...
A cost-effective way to convert a mountain bike Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 For our forthcoming trip to the Mediterranean, we wanted folding mountain bikes. But with prices ranging from $600 to more than ...
Wanderlust takes over after years of neglect Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 She sat on her trailer for so long that people derisively changed her name from the Monte J to the Monument J. A 28-foot S2 8.5 who...
Eight Boy Scouts breathe life into an ailing dinghy Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 The truck backed into our driveway. Two men unloaded the most dilapidated, weatherworn wooden sailboat I had ever seen. Like...
Adding years of life to a tired 30-foot wooden ketch Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 I first fell in love with Renee Tighe in Townsville, North Queensland, when American circumnavigator Earl Koepke brought he...
A professional yacht designer says you might be happier with one Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 The summer winds are fickle and light in many of the waters of North America. I’ve sailed in a number of them: ...
More mariners are becoming ancient on their boats Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 Not only are more and more people sailing off into the sunset these days, but many are sailing off in their sunset years. Vern...
A close look at a modern practitioner of a very old trade Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 His voice had an easy, reassuring, and ageless quality about it. Brion Toss was calling back to clarify what work we w...
Two famous boatbuilding names — and a line of classy bluewater voyagers Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 Hallberg-Rassy has the longest-standing and strongest North American presence of any Swedish boatbuilder...
How to turn a home sewing machine into a macho sailor’s model Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 Helen lived with our family for close to 15 years before her body degenerated into a hunk of oxidized aluminum and...
A resourceful Colorado sailor does a professional job in the wilds Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 Last summer I had to replace the stern tube on my Pacific Seacraft Orion 27, Allegra. It was a stressful and ...
Enjoy lots of pure fresh water from your own onboard system Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 As we cruised across the Pacific between Mazatlan and New Zealand, one of the most frequent topics of discussion was...
They’re designed to be perfect yachts for ocean voyaging Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 In the 1960s the Tom Gilmer-designed, Allied-built, Seawind ketch became the first fiberglass yacht to circumnavigate t...
A look at the Allied Seawind owned by the do-it-yourselfers’ guru Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 Robin Lee Graham may never know how many people became sailors as a result of reading his three-part series in...
Boating actually means working on boats — and loving it Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 In a half-century of being thrilled by boats and boating in myriad facets, from racing Naples Sabots in Southern Califor...
Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 I just dropped my foul-weather gear in a dripping pile on the cabin floor. Small rivulets run off into the bilge. An old towel will mop up the rest. Dry again, I think once mor...
Loki’s big day Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 We had survived the savage sea! The day before, we’d sailed across Georgia Strait for the first time, and we were feeling pretty feisty. We should have kno...
This unique paint-stripping material won’t rip off your gelcoat Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 Chances are your boat has many years’ worth of paint on the bottom. Removing the paint buildup without rui...
When space is an issue, this busy bag works two jobs Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 Jill and I live aboard our Nor’Sea 27, Guenevere. On a boat of this size you can imagine how important the size and a...
Make this excellent abandon-ship kit for next to nothing Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 I put together an abandon-ship module because I wanted to have just one safety item to grab if we ever have to go over ...
Make your own ventilators to keep fresh air flowing down below Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 If I were to ask all those sailors whose boats have adequate ventilation to raise their hands, I think there woul...
Cam cleat brings an ancient art up-to-date Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 Swigging up a halyard can be a bit daunting for youngsters, since it takes coordination. At the other end of the age spectrum, older ...
The Bristol 24: Relatively comfortable, stiff, and forgiving in extreme conditions Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 This review is a bit unusual because, for the first time, I’ve selected a custom wooden yacht...
No boat’s without faults, but for these owners the Bristol 24 is near-perfect Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 Dovekie Mike Whitehead and Jeff Gove, sailmakers with Pope Sails and Rigging Inc., in Rockland, Ma...
A short but joyful respite from the long, frustrating idleness Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 Breaking out of the low gray winter clouds for the first time in days, the sun illuminates only brown grass and l...
A little attention takes your trailer a long way Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 One of the biggest advantages of trailersailing is that you are not limited to one sailing area in a single sailing season; you...
