A gentle giant teaches the patience a good skipper needs Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 I bought my first sailboat more than 20 years ago, not knowing how little I really knew about sailing, let alone what s...
Never mind the birds, the winter cover’s off the boat Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Chickadees in Minnesota are substituting their nervous chick-a-dee-dee-dee twitter for a heartfelt phoebee-phoebee song. T...
How to enlarge an existing hole Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 How do you enlarge an existing hole — whether for a through-hull fitting, a finger hole in a drawer, or plumbing to go through a bulkhead — with...
More reach, more height in the galley sink Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 I love the foot pumps in my galley. Not only do they provide precise control over water consumption, they allow the use of both hands...
Bicycle safety flags mark the edges of your trailer Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 At a boat show this past winter I overheard a salesman tell a prospective buyer, “Retrieving a trailerable sailboat is easy....
Neater and tidier dining al fresco Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Eating lunch in the cockpit while under way can be an ordeal. The boat heels, drinks spill, sandwiches are sat upon — or slip off the seats a...
Good old boat-cleaning recipes use cheap, natural ingredients Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 We live on a farm in rural, northeastern Ohio, nestled in among the fourth-largest Amish community in the world. A...
An easy, low-cost project for the beginning canvasworker Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Screen bags are an elegant solution to a couple of age-old problems aboard our little sailboat — namely where do we put...
A newcomer takes to sailing like a duck to water Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 This is Willi’s first time at the tiller. Her sharp brown eyes stare past the tanbark sails at the cumulus clouds buildin...
A marine surveyor’s best friend Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 A moisture meter is a marine surveyor’s best friend, but do you need to own one if you are not a surveyor? Basically there are two types of mari...
Refitting a Westsail 42 brings years of happy sailing and a sad goodbye Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 We were two ecstatic people. With our soaring spirits we didn’t mind the cold on that December day in 19...
Male boaters rush to hush the noise of the boatyard cash register Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 In the Puget Sound region it is staying light longer, coats are giving way to jackets, and tattered tarps are ...
An inland loft with saltwater aspirations Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 As we traveled across eastern Washington to meet Don and Mary Yager, we kept thinking how incongruous it was to be driving through suc...
She’s a 20-foot trailersailer with a large cockpit and a lot of names Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Back in the 1930s, a couple of teenage brothers enjoyed being out on Lake Wawasee, located near their home...
A woman singlehander loses her heart to that old lump of iron down below Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Most sailors don’t miss the motor after they part with their first auxiliary-powered sailboat. Bu...
Improve your marlinspike seamanship with knots, bends, and hitches Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 During my two-plus decades of Boy Scouting (as a Scout during my youth and then as a Scoutmaster), knots and ...
It was another of those projects that took longer than anticipated Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 When I first looked at our 1978, 33-foot, Nor’West sailboat, I noted the fuel tank located in the keel below ...
Follow these instructions for some really inspiring wiring Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 We were on the Intracoastal Waterway a few miles south of Fernandina Beach, Florida, when the distinct tang of an ele...
Eight ways to steer a boat Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 When it comes to steering a sailboat, even die-hard wheel enthusiasts agree there is no steering system that is simpler, more affordable, or offers b...
An inexpensive way to keep the warm or cool air inside Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 When the winter chill comes on board or when you want to keep that cool air-conditioned air inside your cabin, sew yourse...
Be prepared for the worst and hope it never happens Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Oof the many steering systems available to the small ship, none is easier to make, simpler to use, or more sensitive to the ...
Send these tips in advance to all lubberly guests Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Usually, inviting friends to share a holiday on your boat is fine. If you are lucky, they will conserve water, turn off the li...
Finer dining afloat calls for special table design Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Only the very largest yachts actually have a separate dining room. I’ve been on more than one that did, complete with linens ...
A very determined sailor labors to renovate a 66-year-old Alden woodie Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 When I went for a sail last August on Zephyr, my 1938 Malabar Jr., designed by John Alden, it was so much...
What’s at the end of your shrouds and stays? Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 The stainless-steel standing rigging that supports our masts is critical to our sailing safety, and the terminals at the end of the...
His designs were few but all became timeless classics Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Traditional. Classic. Timeless. Character boats. Boats from the heart. These are just some of the terms the owners of boat...
A comparison of the Watkins 29 with three contemporaries Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 For comparison I tried to choose boats from a reasonably similar era with a reasonably similar purpose: that is to say,...
A boat specially suited to Florida’s shallow waters Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Frank Fitzhenry, of Clearwater, Florida, owns a sailboat on the west coast of Florida that is an official U.S. Coast Guard O...
