Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 It was late afternoon on a bleak November day as I walked through the small shipyard on Long Island Sound, a place where boats too old to sail were kept for scrap and spare pa...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Being able to get the sail cover on quickly means we don’t have to resent the time it takes to protect our sails. Just as important, if a halyard starts slapping the mast just...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Every sailor is instructed, encouraged, and eventually submits to reading Adlard Coles’s Heavy Weather Sailing. Sometimes we find extreme circumstances at sea. Besides, it’s a...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 When cruising, we keep in touch with family and friends with email, using our Pocketmail Composer. We bought our Pocketmail device and signed up for the mobile email service i...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 In a fit of enthusiasm, I decided to paint Time Out’s ancient and slippery deck with non-skid paint. It was a difficult decision, but it was made for me when I darned near end...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 When the weather worsens while we’re at anchors, we all like to think we have a “guardian angel” looking after us. Well, a few experienced cruising skippers do. Why not ...
It may be quick and dirty, but it’s also cheap and handy Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Many years ago, when the sailing sickness first hit me, one of the first things I did was to buy a nice new copy of Ch...
Plywood-and-epoxy kits add up to easier boatbuilding Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 People have been building small wooden boats for eons in a process often shrouded in mystery. Steam boxes and molds for la...
They roam the world’s oceans Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 The British manufacturers of Frances 26 sloops managed to characterize them perfectly in remarkably few words: “They routinely roam the world’s oc...
Cruising Baja Part 2: Hot tips for cool cruising in the Sea of Cortez Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 The second of two parts dealing with preparing yourself and your boat for tropical cruising south of the ...
After 10 years of cruising, a Yankee family still lives its dream Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Our dream to live the cruising lifestyle started, oddly enough, high in the Rocky Mountains. We were a young ...
A single-handed pioneer of Folkboats and self-steering Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 The folkboat was designed as a family racer/cruiser, but over the years it has earned an extraordinary reputation for se...
Turning an old daysailer/weekender into a self-sufficient modern cruiser Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 For years I dreamed of seeing the world from the deck of a sailboat. My mind was filled with images of...
What type of rudder’s on your boat? Advantages and disadvantages of each Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 The main purpose of the rudder is to steer the boat, of course, but far too many sailors do not realiz...
Married sailor luckily survives midlife love affair Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 I suppose I would have to describe it as a midlife crisis. I have no other name for a situation in which an otherwise sane ...
New engine or rebuild? And should you install it yourself? Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Chances are your boat is like a member of the family. You could no more dispose of it than sell your only child. But...
A tale of two designers, three builders, and the publicly held company that crossed the Canadian border to compete with America’s best racers and builders — and won. Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 C&C Y...
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...
Living the dream with a Cheoy Lee 35 Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 You’ve heard the story of the businessman who gives up his career to sail off into the sunset with the beautiful blonde? Well, Bob D...
Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Jerry and I didn’t coin the term “affordable dream,” although we like the concept and, through Good Old Boat, we have done much to promote it. What’s so intriguing about it is...
