Drawing has many charms and practical uses Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 We keep a ship’s log on board KUMA that records our position, wind direction and speed, tides and currents, engine hours, and other i...
Time’s a‘wastin’ — go sailing Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 May is bustin’ out all over! every year it’s the same and every year it’s a big surprise all over again. Spring has arrived. The sun spends more t...
Make your own from leftover wire Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 After i completed some house re-wiring, i had some leftover #6 bare copper wire. I hacksawed a half-dozen pieces, then bent them up using a ben...
This one really won’t jam in a block Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 Having been a racing sailor for many years, i know firsthand the extra pounding a boat takes while you’re out there rounding the buoys. Ove...
Braided tail improves hold on rode Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 A simple running (or rolling) hitch, used to attach a snubber to an anchor rode, may have difficulty in maintaining a good grip on the rode, ...
Cure “old boat smell” with aromatic wood Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 Each old boat has a comforting, mildly intoxicating, and unique smell: an indescribable combination of wood, salt air, and perhaps a bi...
A cruiser goes racing and finds common joy Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 After three years of living aboard and circumnavigating the world, Evans and I sold our Shannon 37, Silk. I cleaned out the last of t...
Moviemaking for fun, family, and (perhaps) profit Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 Have you ever watched a movie and commented, “I could have done better,” or “I would have done it this way?” Now it’s your tur...
Desert soldier buys Internet boat 7,000 miles away Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 In the military you rarely do anything without first conducting a risk assessment that consists of a matrix listing possible ...
Be cautious about adding new components Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 A boat’s electrical system gets attention pretty early in a restoration or refit. Most of us who are fixing up older sailboats figure we...
The man who built the Sea Sprite and Southern Cross cruisers Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 Anyone who sPends time looking at old sailboats soon figures out that boats with Clarke Ryder’s name on them are he...
Singing the praises of a hard, non-inflatable dinghy Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 Over the last 20 years i have worn out two inflatable dinghies. As the kids grew, we put lots of happy miles on both of the...
A beamy, shoal-draft cruiser ideal for Florida and the Bahamas Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 Island PacKet yachts may Very well be the only boatbuilder owned and managed by a graduate naval architect who bu...
Experiencing the value and beauty of simplicity Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 In the early 1960s i tooK a JoB in California. My wife, Dori, and I bought a house in Belmont, a small town in the hills overloo...
One man’s solution: Drag it backward Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 The perfect dinghy would be light, stable, unsinkable, indestructible, readily convertible to a life raft, and able to carry a large burden...
Custom-made davits for less than $200 Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 A dinghy is a darned nuisance! well, Perhaps not when the beach beckons, your neighbors in the anchorage have the cocktail pennant flying,...
Mate narrow Grade 43 chain with heavy-duty shackles Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 Eleven years ago, as we were completing our first cruising boat in our backyard, our thoughts turned to the ground tackle th...
One sailor’s solution Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 I was in the cabin of Mas Tiempo, my Islander 30, when I noticed something different in the symmetry of the shroud chainplates. These chainplates are atta...
How to check your rudder stops Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 This excerpt is from the revised and expanded third edition of Lin and Larry Pardey’s Storm Tactics Handbook. The book has 10 new chapters and ha...
New alerts help prevent loss of life Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 Every year the electronics aBoard the offshore sailboat become more exotic. Among the latest trends in marine safety are man-overboard (MOB...
Comparing three popular centerboard cruiser/racers Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 These three yachts were designed as cruiser/racers under the influence of the Cruising Club of America rule. The Olin Stephen...
After 35 years, this boat project still isn’t complete Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 In April 1972, a year aFter he was married, Ed Stanton, of Franklinville, New Jersey, ordered the bare hull of a Se...
