A sailboat sailing? . . . What’s the problem? Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 Our sanity has been questioned on more than one occasion. If you pack three sons and two parents on a 34-foot boat and sail away,...
A not-so-nutty way to send a messenger Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 You say you lost an internal halyard? You’re scratching your head over how to reeve a messenger with which to pull through a replacement...
Fabric scraps protect delicate displays Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 The sailing instruments in our cockpit are not the original units that came on our good old boat. The depth sounder and knot meter have...
A system that simplifies storage and use Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 Everyone knows the importance of keeping paper charts aboard as backups for our electronics. But these things can be huge, so how do y...
A homemade filter keeps the cabin sweet Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 Boating equipment retailers offer dozens of chemicals to make your head smell fresh. We tried them all in our attempts to eliminate the...
A captain of fantasy puts to sea at last Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 In the summer of 2007, I would not have been able to tell you the difference between a bowline and a reef knot. Flash forward one year...
A homemade sentinel is cheap reassurance Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 Anchoring is a lot like sailing: 95 percent relaxing and fun and 5 percent hassle, if not outright terror. At the end of the summer, t...
Taking comfort in a little added weight Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 When sailors get together and talk boats, the topic invariably shifts to anchoring. What follows is a steady stream of stories about lo...
Replacing standing rigging, step by step Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 When our headstay almost parted in Panama, where there is no professional rigging service, we had to replace it ourselves. Since the s...
Making canny use of nooks and crannies Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 My 37-year-old Cape Dory 28, Nikki, has been my home for five years. We swing on a mooring in Boca Ciega Bay near Gulfport on the midwes...
Making the most of what you have Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 Sometimes, being realistic about your boat’s limitations and embracing them with whole-hearted and simple adjustments can reap a host of benef...
A liveaboard steps up to a major project Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 My ears burned and my pride smarted when I heard the old sailor’s words: “Some people are too worn out from all the prep work,” he sai...
A long-term cruising sailor comes clean Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 When we made our escape from the house, careers, and land nine years ago, certain domestic chores followed us on board our Creekmore, E...
It takes fortune, fortitude, and a well-stocked pickup truck Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 My friend Tony, who owns a nice Ranger 23, called one day last spring to say he had a problem with his boat. He as...
A swift, sweet, and well-mannered all-rounder Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 Dave Gow’s Ranger 26, Bandit, was built in 1973 and he’s owned her since 2006. Over the years, the boat’s several skippers have w...
Rallying to the call of the Baja Ha-Ha Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 Richard Spindler, founding editor of California’s regional sailing magazine, Latitude 38, has led his annual Baja Ha-Ha rally from San D...
A cruising family installs the Air Head Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 While debating a return to the continent after nearly six years in the Caribbean, we tried to imagine the changes that would force us t...
. . . with two contemporary classic cruisers Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 The Mistral 33, Ericson 35, and Seafarer 34 are classics by three top designers representing some of the best of a good era: the l...
A Swedish classic is the retirement plan he can live on Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 When Stephen Thompson reached 50, he didn’t have a midlife crisis in the same way that most do. He didn’t buy a red Cor...
Steps in the process of measuring progress Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 Speed on the water is measured worldwide in knots. A knot is a speed of one nautical mile per hour and is abbreviated as kn or kt. A...
A popular and hospitable cruiser from Canada Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 In the late 1960s, a Chinese immigrant by the name of Ti Ouyang founded Ouyang Boat Works in Whitby, Ontario. His first offering, ...
Mystic’s mad scientist is at work again Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 Strange noises have emanated from our basement ever since we moved in 20 years ago. I’ll hear high-pitched whines, odd buzzings and whi...
