The first in a series of reviews of small seaworthy sailboats from John Vigor’s newest book, Twenty Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere Issue 5 : Mar/Apr 1999 You’d hardly guess by looking at one tha...
Issue 5 : Mar/Apr 1999 Ah, sailing! A time for relaxation: no alarm clocks, phones, or deadlines to meet. That’s the perspective of dreamers, perhaps, but it’s not quite the way we’ve experienced our ...
Issue 5 : Mar/Apr 1999 Picture a hot, windless Sunday afternoon as you power home on a glassy sea. Suddenly your engine slows and stops or overheats. Today of all days! You really did not need this, a...
Issue 5 : Mar/Apr 1999 The Valiant 32 was designed by Bob Perry as a smaller version of the successful Valiant 40. In the 1970s, a 30- to 35-foot boat was considered the optimum-size boat for a cruisi...
A bad case of blisters made the boat affordable; upgrades were the expensive part Issue 5 : Mar/Apr 1999 It all started innocently enough. It was mid-October of 1990, and we were going to Texas anyway...
Issue 5 : Mar/Apr 1999 The race started when Linda said, “Isn’t that blue boat catching us?” I put down the book I’d been reading while I steered and began to pay more attention to sail trim and headi...
Behold the next generation of sailors Issue 5 : Mar/Apr 1999 Spring is a time to contemplate beginnings. Sailors in the higher latitudes throw off tarps and start preparations for another season. Some...
