New to night passages, a sailor finds help from an unexpected visitor. Issue 137: March/April 2021 I had stared into the night sky many hundreds of times from the cockpit of my 1967 Rawson 30 Ave Del ...
Issue 137: March/April 2021 Waterproofing Wounds I’ve often found it a challenge to keep cuts or other wounds clean and dry while I’m sailing—or doing anything on the water. DrySee’s waterproof bandag...
Issue 137: March/April 2021 Something’s been troubling me for a few months. Late last year, US Sailing, the governing body of sailing that’s been around for over 120 years, held several online forums ...
A trio of Pearson 36-1 owners compares notes on their boats, refits, and wide-ranging sailing. Issue 137: March/April 2021 In 1972, Pearson Yachts began producing the P36-1, designed by William Shaw. ...
If you don’t want to be taken to the cleaners when it comes to cleaning, try these DIY solutions. Issue 137: March/April 2021 Over the years, I’ve gradually ditched store-bought boat cleaning pr...
Issue 137: March/April 2021 Frank Willis Butler, the man who introduced hundreds of thousands of people to sailing during his lifetime as the founder, president, and chief executive officer of Catalin...
The DIY deck paint job looked fantastic. Then the surveyor showed up. Issue 137: March/April 2021 Toward the end of a 13-month refit, my 1968 Santana 22 was looking pretty spiffy. Just the decks remai...
Vineyard hopping through Long Island Sound makes for a mellow shakedown cruise. Issue 137: March/April 2021 It had been three years since we had last sailed through Long Island Sound. To be honest, it...
Issue 137: March/April 2021 Many boat owners will never have heard the name George Hazen, but most yacht designers know it well. It’s a bit of a cliché to say that George, who died in December 2020, w...
Wherein a foolhardy notion and a puff of wind nearly end in disaster. Issue 137: March/April 2021 Get a bunch of sailors gathered around a table at the club and they’ll tell stories. Sometimes the sto...
An easily assembled base and two Bluetooth speakers provide a rockin’ sound system. Issue 137: March/April 2021 I spend a lot of time aboard my boat just tinkering. Other times, I sail her alone...
Relying on celestial navigation and a very good old boat, Bert ter Hart solos the globe. Issue 137: March/April 2021 When Bert ter Hart bought his OCY 45, he had an inkling that down the road, she mig...
Furniture protectors make a quick, easy fix for sharp solar panel corners. Issue 137: March/April 2021 It wasn’t long after I installed the solar panel on the stern pulpit that I discovered the proble...
Anxiety can scuttle everyone’s time aboard. Here’s how to understand it and help. Issue 137: March/April 2021 My husband and I were sailing our 1974 Olympic Adventure 47 slow and easy down...
…and Two More CCA-Onspired Classics Issue 137: March/April 2021 Carl Alberg developed a design aesthetic based on the Cruising Club of America (CCA) yachts of the 1950s and ’60s, and he never re...
A Classic Full-Keel Beauty Issue 137: March/April 2021 Laurie Knight’s lifelong dream has been to own and sail her own boat, something she hopes all women will realize isn’t as hard as it looks and is...
