Air-condition your boat for less than $100 Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 “It must be 104 degrees out here you think to yourself as you walk down the dock toward your boat. It’s been just moments since you p...
Builder of classic cruisers Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 Just about any weekday morning after 10 you can find Allan Nye Scott behind his desk at the offices of Nye Boat Works in Foxboro, Ontario. Long past...
It’s not secure, but it releases easily Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 The highwayman’s cutaway knot (also called the highwayman’s cut) is said to derive its popularity from gentlemen in that pro...
Scraping off 22 years of fond memories Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 I had been waiting all winter for an excuse to spend some time with my boat. The ice in the Bay of Quinte had started to recede, and a tr...
Hull number one is shipped to Germany Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 Being first in anything is exiting. Rubicon, hull number one of the Tartan 34 Classic design, recently crossed the Atlantic to become the ...
Maintaining a toasty cabin in freezing weather Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 Winter weather couldn’t keep me separated from my project boat. I spent a couple of working weekends on Maruska, my Pearson...
What you need to know about oil Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 The motor oil in any sailboat’s auxiliary engine is second in importance only to the supply of fuel and air. If neglected, certain — and o...
Making a convincing case for a hard dinghy Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 My first cruising sailboat was an 18-foot William Atkin-designed sloop. I built her and cruised her without a tender of any kind. Sin...
A spacious cruiser with modest sailing performance Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 Allmand Boats of Hialeah, Florida, introduced its first model around 1965. At that time, the company’s product line consisted...
Goodbye to a pocketful of gizmos Issue 55 : Jul/Aug 2007 Call us promiscuous. Jerry and I have been aboard an awful lot of sailboats since we started this magazine. Together, we’ve written three to fi...
