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...
Your job requires a sealant. You don’t have to be a chemist to choose the right one Issue 11 : Mar/Apr 2000 In my experience, there are always two things trying to get into your boat that you don’t wa...
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 ...
…or ocean Issue 11 : Mar/Apr 2000 The Pacific Seacraft 25 is a dark horse. She’s not built any longer, except perhaps to special order, and comparatively few people know her, yet she is remarkab...
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 ...
