Chance meeting reawakens feelings of gratitude and enthusiasm Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Another exuberant gust shook the mast, rattling the rigging, and dragging my attention from the novel on my lap. G...
Backyard boatyard project calls for a “small person” Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Not since my early adolescence, when I last looked back with regret on the petite section of the department store, have I s...
If you can get a wire around it, you can clamp it Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Last January, at the Strictly Sail show in Chigago, Robert Wozencraft introduced me to a tool that uses wire to clamp almost a...
It’s easy to make some versatile sink covers Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 If your boat is anything like ours, the galley sink seems to get a lot of stuff stowed in it just as you are leaving the dock. It s...
A simple fix for a spongy hatch cover Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 The challenge came when the marine surveyor finished his inspection of my 1983-vintage Catalina 27. “The boat’s in good shape, but you mig...
A simple way to create more cockpit rails Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Solar panels are very sensitive to partial shading. Even the thin shadow of a stay falling on one of the cells causes a dramatic reduc...
Glue inside glue solves a sticky problem Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Not since I had to attach a bag of clean shingles to finish my daughter’s new dollhouse have I appreciated the merits of hot-melt glue....
No more grungy towels for this solo cruiser Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Early September . . . the Dog Days whelp no more . . . overnight cruises are again pleasant. By 6 p.m. the anchor is secure, the sai...
They couldn’t spare enough time, so they went voyaging in installments Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 So you can’t take off for a year, or three, or 10. Most of us can’t. But you would still like to go...
Solo voyager fits out a mini-lifeboat from a Fatty Knees dinghy Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 I am a sailor who believes we have no business sailing offshore for recreational purposes if we do not make ours...
Alex Tilley and the boat that begat the wonderous Tilley hat Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Her name was Karmananda. Keith Storey, now commodore of the Alexandra Yacht Club in Toronto, remembers her vividly....
How to put that water back outside where it belongs Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 There is an enormous variety of bilge pumps on the market. Some are electric, some manual, and some are belt-driven from the...
Two sailors with One Love experience a magic moment Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 The temperature hovered below 60, and that was in the sun. My wife cast off the bow lines as we pulled away from the slip fo...
A MacGregor trailersailer that has earned Hall of Fame status Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 In 1967, as a final requirement for earning his MBA at Stanford Business School, Roger MacGregor wrote his thesis ...
This grand old dame will always be someone’s sweetheart Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 It might not have been love at first sight but it was close. Marcelo Gentenetta, a veterinarian, was looking at a Pearso...
Lightweight upgrade — their new cabin “carpet” came in cans Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 “What a stupid thing to have in a boat!” thundered my brother-in-law, as the loose carpet skidded out from under his...
Sloops and cutters — here’s a good look at the family tree Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Most of today’s sailors think of cutters as having a rig much better suited for offshore voyaging than that of ...
Before the snow comes, build yourself a simple, economical boat shelter Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Covering our boat marks the end of a season here on the coast of Maine. Warm colors have given way to th...
Expert advice on choosing the right caulk or bedding Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 During a visit to the local home improvement center, I chanced to meet a fellow sailing-club member. Barnacle Bob, as he’s ...
Popular designer Bill Crealock drew this one for himself Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 I was in my early teens when I first fell in love. She was certainly pretty and beautifully shaped. And she was dark bl...
This was the boat they chose to “safely take them farther” Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 Jon Church spent much of his professional career as a geologist on oil rigs off the coasts of Sweden and Norway. For ...
Never was there a tender so beautiful, faithful, and worthy of a man’s love Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 I began construction of my first cruising sailboat, Fishers Hornpipe, in 1974, in Half Moon Bay, Cal...
Sometimes you get lucky. But not this time Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 At some point in the restoration of our (new to us) old C&C Mega 30 — in fact not too long after I started — I knew I would have ...
