If you’re a frustrated splicer, read this and take heart Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 Almost every boat has some double-braided line aboard. In most cases, the ends of the lines are ragged and sloppy. Many...
Here’s how to keep those untamed line ends under better control Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 Periodically, I conduct a cursory examination of my running rigging. I make mental notes of those lines that nee...
This line of classy pocket cruisers owes much to Clark Mills Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 My first encounter with a Com-Pac yacht was in the mid-1970s. Charlie, a school friend of mine in Florida, bought o...
A designer compares four sturdy, solidly performing cruising yachts Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 The four yachts under discussion here cover a 14-year design period, from the 1970 Endeavour to the 1984 Cre...
Combining character with space and elegant comfort Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 We first saw Zephyr in Sapodilla Bay in the Turks and Caicos, noting her size more than her appearance. My wife, Olga, and I ...
A handsome and stoutly built offering from Canada Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 The Canadian Sailcraft 36 is one of the best-built boats I have yet sailed. That it is underappreciated is evidenced by the fa...
If you can drive, you’ll also be able to sail . . . eventually Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 Revelations occur no matter where you are. If you can turn the noise level off (radios, television, conversation,...
