A designer’s view of the compromises involved Issue 23 : Mar/Apr 2002 The displacement/length (D/L) ratio is a non-dimensional figure by which we can compare boats of different lengths. It’s obtained ...
Choosing and installing a roller furling system . . . options and opinions Issue 23 : Mar/Apr 2002 Back in the late 1980s, when my wife, Andra, and I were cruising aboard our 1965 Pearson Vanguard, al...
Old-fashioned, cocky, seakindly Issue 23 : Mar/Apr 2002 The British coastline is rugged and convoluted around Falmouth, Cornwall. The tides run fast, and the wind blows stormily from the southwest. A ...
You’ve got to/you’re gonna hit some docks Issue 23 : Mar/Apr 2002 I’ve heard it said that one of the differences between the sexes is that a woman will hit a dock and say, “I wonder what I did wrong,”...
