Maybe a good small boat and a quiet lake are all you really need. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 One sunny Saturday afternoon found me trailering my O’Day 192 to a nearby lake for an afternoon sail and an o...
Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 Taking the Nip Out of Flies Sailors who assume mosquitoes are the pastime’s main insect issue clearly haven’t experienced biting flies. Mosquitoes primarily come out at night,...
After an exhaustive six-month refit, a forlorn Blue Jay flies again. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 When I first saw her, leaves swam in 6 inches of dirty water in her cockpit, and the trailer had a flat ti...
A serendipitous turn brings a small sailboat full circle. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 “I owe Kelley a letter. I wonder how Doug and Laura are doing? I need to call Mom and Dad. I should find a new dentis...
Installing GFCI outlets is an easy way to make your shorepower system safer. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 Ah, shorepower. Love it or hate it, it’s important, especially if you are a liveaboard. In a cold ...
A small-craft sailor finds a second chance with the perfect boat that got away. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 Most of us have been there—fallen for an early love who for one reason or another became the on...
Trailer-sailing depends on finding a good launch ramp. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 One advantage of owning a trailerable boat is being able to explore distant and unfamiliar waters on a tight timeline an...
The boat was small, but the crush was huge. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 At the age when girls often dream of riding horses, I was falling in love with a sleek, white, fiberglass hull. And though I’ve com...
When the toilet pump handle broke, ideas began to flow. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 My father once offered me a sage piece of advice: Never get run over by the same trolley car twice. So, when the handle...
During a seven-day rally, the Salish 100 celebrates the vivacity of small boats. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 Usually, I’m better prepared. Self-recrimination rarely does any good, but as I fumbled to stu...
Repurposing a 12-volt car cooler transforms an icebox into an inexpensive DIY fridge. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 Our boat Allamanda, a 1984 Alberg 29, has an icebox for keeping food. While this is a fai...
After thousands of ocean miles, a Nor’Sea 27 finds more waters to explore via highway. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 The burgundy-colored jug, bearing the logo of a winery somewhere on France’s Canal du Mi...
…and Two More British-Bred Catamarans Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 Catamarans have much to offer the cruising sailor, not least of which are increased cockpit and saloon area and relatively flat sailing. ...
A Pert British Cruising Catamaran Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 Forty-some years ago, empty-nesters Richard and Sheila Olin sold their business in Chicago, and with their two daughters in college, boarded ...
Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 I don’t know what most 14-year-old boys want for their birthdays—I could speculate, though it’s a slippery slope—but when my son, Kaeo, turned 14, his birthday request was abs...
For six-time circumnavigator Webb Chiles, small boats are bluewater revelations. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 I have owned three great boats, and two of them were small: Chidiock Tichborne, an 18-foot Dra...
If one Bristol Channel Cutter fulfilled their sailing dreams, two could only be better. Issue 145: July/Aug 2022 “This poor, poor boat,” I thought, looking at the forlorn Bristol Channel Cutter tied t...
