An enjoyable voyage needs no destination Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 For some people, the term “going nowhere” is an oxymoron, impossible to fathom. You’ve seen them, walking along staring at their BlackB...
. . . and take a dent out of your bottom cleaning Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 I sail a 1969 Columbia 28 out of Cedar Island Yacht Club in Kingsville, Ontario. Without something firm to hold on to, thoroug...
Varnishing grabrails the easy way Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 It was time to give the four teak grabrails on the coach-roof of my 1985 Hunter 28.5 the full treatment. I must confess that, for several year...
They let you see what you seek Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 Sailors waste a lot of time looking for things. Here’s something that, once you make it, you’ll wonder how you ever managed without. Let’s say yo...
New wires bring a Yanmar diesel back to life Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 For the last few years of its 14-year life, our normally faithful Yanmar diesel engine occasionally refused to obey the turn of the...
Timing is everything when picking out a light Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 You’ve been under way for days. It’s 0200 and you’re on watch on the blackest of nights, straining through binoculars to pick up t...
A family business makes old boats good again Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 Cayuga Lake, located in upstate New York’s Finger Lakes Region, is home to a large and active fleet of good old boats based in the ...
A plan for the future and a project for today Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 When I was in high school, a friend of mine and his father were working to restore a Jaguar Roadster. Anytime I asked when they we...
Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 Editor’s Note: We hope you enjoy these excerpts from Jule Miller’s Voyages in Desperate Times. It is a historically based novel about the Coast Guard Picket Fleet, aka the Hool...
Raid the hardware store, not your wallet Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 When I went shopping for a telescoping whisker pole, I came away with sticker shock. Like a lot of other small cruising sailboats, my 2...
Cast resin is a clear alternative to glass Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 We have a love/hate relationship with deck prisms. We love the warm, diffused light they provide but they are downright annoying when...
An autopilot gets an inexpensive pod Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 My recently acquired Pacific Seacraft 31, Ann West, has a very long “to do” list, which is probably why I could afford her. (She’d been a l...
A Latin beauty for bluewater cruising Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 I first saw a Cabo Rico at a sailboat show in the early 1980s and was smitten. However, as I was retired from the Marine Corps on half-pay...
And we carry their lessons far from the water Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 A boat — especially an old boat — is a good teacher. It teaches us how to fix things. We read manuals, magazine articles, and book...
Age and patience make up for fading youth and verve Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 There comes a tide in the affairs of men that, taken at the flood, sucks them swiftly away from the sea and boats and strand...
Marine adhesive caulks are put to the test Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 After experiencing poor adhesion results when replacing an acrylic port on my 1985 Hunter 28.5 sailboat, I decided to test a number o...
They protect brightwork and give paws a grip Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 Getting to know the neighbors on my pier was certainly easier than getting to know the neighbors at my new home. For one thing, we ...
. . . with a contemporary and a successor Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 Note: Ted Brewer selected the boats and tabulated the data but, due to unforeseen circumstances, was unable to write for this issue hi...
A life’s love of sailboats summed up in Finesse Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 Over the years, Texan Richard Beard has owned nearly two dozen boats, but his heart has always gone out to Alberg designs. It’s ...
The lowdown on your boom’s hold-down Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 What we today call the boom vang was once called a martingale. It is also referred to as a kicking-strap, kicker, or boom-jack. The princip...
A lot of boat in a small, stout package Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 Starting a business venture requires nerve and dedication, and the first product must be good if the company is to succeed. George and M...
We are the yarns we spin Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 My husband is a masterful storyteller. One of his best collections of tales records years of racing Flying Scots in a fleet in which the 19-foot Scots ...
