Away from the hurly-burly, drifting in contentment Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 I KNOW A MAGIC PLACE. A PLACE WHERE there are no 10-mile-long traffic jams, no honking horns, no howling disk jockeys or lyin...
Lake Huron or bust Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE DISPOSED TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS. When I met my editor and wife, I was happily sailing around triangular race courses on a large lake in ...
Living in a work zone tests patience Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 WELL, WE’RE AT IT AGAIN: beefing up our hard-working 1950s racer in the hope she’ll sail onward for another hundred years. The job this tim...
Pre-1975 entries almost double for 2005 Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 SEQUELS AREN’T AS good as originals, so the theory goes. But, this year’s Classics Race sponsored by Good Old Boat — part of the Swiftsu...
Wire ties prevent a midnight cacophony Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 A WHILE BACK, WE HAD THE OCCASION TO SPEND THE NIGHT aboard our boat at an unfamiliar marina. The wind was freshening and the water was s...
Use bolster cushions for storage Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON YOUR BOAT? SOUNDS FAMILIAR. HERE’S an idea: make bolster pillows or cushion covers from pieces of upholstery fabric that mat...
Spreading the winching strain on a trailersailer Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 THE VERSATILITY OF TRAILERSAILING AFFORDS ME THE opportunity to enjoy a variety of diverse sailing grounds. All I need to do is...
A quest for reliable electrical connectors Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 MY BOAT CAME EQUIPPED WITH A POWERFUL AND RELIABLE hand-held spotlight. I consider a spotlight to be an essential piece of safety equ...
Sailorly advice for the fight against the evils of alcohol Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 Advice to the new owner of a boat with a Princess stove: THE VALVE-LIKE THINGIE ON THE TOP of the stove is where you ...
Smart addition to a venerable Cape Dory 27 Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 LAST JANUARY I SET OUT TO REFINISH the interior woodwork of Linda Jean, our 1981 Cape Dory 27. Most of the interior woodwork was easy...
A classy English lady gets a facelift Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 ONCE EMBARKED ON A LIMITED REFIT project on your classic cruiser, you will surely be tempted to carry on until she is transformed into the...
The Coast Guard asks boaters to be careful observers Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, America was attacked from the air. Many terrorism experts feel it is only a matter of time before an...
Modern lighting projects for cruising sailboats Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 WE BEGAN TINKERING WITH LED lighting in our boat several years ago. Since then we have completed numerous small lighting project...
Learn the hard-won secrets of a frugal do-it-yourselfer Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 YOU MAKE LISTS OF THINGS YOU WANT to repair or upgrade on your project boat. But when you visit your local chandlery, re...
A third-generation performance cruiser Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 AT THE 1959 NEW YORK BOAT SHOW, CLINT PEARSON AND his younger cousin, Everett, introduced their first sailboat, the Carl Alberg-designed,...
Test your seamanship skills in tricky situations Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 SUN GLISTENS ON A PERFECT FRENCH POLYNESIAN SAILING day. The trade wind blows across the deep waters of the pass that cuts thro...
This handsome Canadian cruising design is back again Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 SOME SAILORS FALL IN LOVE WITH every boat they see. Others, like owners of the classic Cabot 36, are firmly monogamous. And...
A thorough discussion of the many causes of metal corrosion Issue 44: Sept/ Oct 2005 THE STUDY OF CORROSION CONSIDERS the reactions between a metal and its environment. From the standpoint of a boatow...
It’s simple, really: Just cut a bit off, add a bit on Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 WHEN WE HAD OUR BOAT SURVEYED before purchase, the surveyor noted “yellow moisture readings” on the moisture meter at the ...
A designer’s view of Trina and her offspring Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 BILL SHAW’S SWEET LITTLE TRINA HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF MY favorite small yacht designs. From her yawl rig to her keel/centerboard hull...
A whole pod of Dolphins continues to delight Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 It was the mid-1950s. Enter Bill Shaw, the man who later designed a great many of Pearson Yachts’ fi nest and was at that fi rm’s h...
A many-faceted boat known by many names Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 EVER HAVE ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS during which you wonder if you and other participants are speaking the same language or discussing ...
Learning to bloom where you’re planted Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 IT WAS MID-JUNE IN DULUTH/SUPERIOR on the Minnesota/Wisconsin border. We had a cockpit awning up . . . but not because of the sun. It rai...
