How to fix bargain boats and make a modest fortune Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 “I know about guys like you,” the old yard worker said as we strolled the back fence. “You’re a bottom feeder. You look for o...
Eliminate heavy hardware on that flogging headsail Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 Different skippers, different long-splices, they say. Bending on jibsheets is a task that allows for considerable variety fro...
My life with Jane Duck Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 There has never been another boat like her, not before nor since. I remember crossing Rosario Straits, leaving Lopez Island bound for Deception Pass with...
An affordable coastal cruiser in three editions Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 During the 1960s and ’70s, Southern California was home to the world’s largest builders of fiberglass sailboats. While Columbia,...
Hard work (plus cash) saves a classic from the scrapheap Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 Strider’s clean white deck and the rich red paint job attracted our attention as she floated in her slip at Sugarloaf M...
Learn the only real essentials for success Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 I recently read a prediction that it only a matter of time before anyone who is so brave and presumptuous as to command a sailboat wi...
