Cruisers rediscover sailing on home waters in a small boat Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 It is a lovely summer day in the Gulf Islands off Canada’s west coast as our 25-footer pokes her bow out of the marin...
Big Bobber marks the spot Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 As your boat swings around in a tight or crowded anchorage, it’s helpful if you can see where your anchor is lying. An anchor buoy enables you to do t...
A nifty boat-cover support that packs to nothing Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 As I drove slowly by this boat, the thought flashed through my mind that it sure would be easy to store this winter-cover frame...
Close it with a cord and a cleat hitch Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 In situations where more-normal people ask, “How can I fix this?” we on board Eurisko tend to think, “How can I use string to fix this?” ...
A spiffy new look for regulation flotation Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 They’re bright yellow, anonymous, and everywhere. New ones are expensive but they become faded eyesores after a few years in the sun....
A family of four dreams big, goes small Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 On a cold November night in 2010, my husband and I attended a liveaboard brunch at a nearby marina. There the seed of an old dream germi...
A sturdy club racer and coastal cruiser Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 Humphrey Bogart’s sleek and much-loved yacht, Santana — a contraction of “Santa Ana” — was named for the katabatic winds that blow throu...
Partners approach it from different directions Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 When we mess about in boats, most of us enjoy the company of others. When I sail, my preference is to meander about, exploring th...
Matt Rutherford’s most excellent vertical circumnavigation Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 The last three weeks were the worst — cold air, boarding seas, and stubborn winds on the nose. He was in a beat-up bo...
A little lumber and a little labor is all it took Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 The hatch on my new good old boat, a 1972 Balboa 20, was not in the best of shape. The wooden pieces that enclosed the edges o...
A Stimson shed is the ideal cover-up for a project boat Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 Just about everyone who has ever owned an old boat for any length of time has had to face a frightening word: refit. Thi...
Clean, reliable diesel for the DIY cruiser Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 In our early years of cruising, we learned the hard way about how important clean fuel is. I didn’t worry about the fuel as long as t...
A hydronic system extends the sailing (and showering) season Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 Our C&C 35, Secret Plans, was previously used as a racing boat, so the hot-water system was stripped out at som...
A diesel fireplace warms boat, body, and soul Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 On the Chesapeake in October you find cruisers migrating south toward warmer climes. My wife and I must have taken a wrong turn, a...
A spacious coastal cruiser Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 Bob Barclay, a professional home inspector, and his wife, Cyndi, owned and sailed a Catalina 28 on Missouri’s Mark Twain Lake. While they both agreed...
Antique technology that still finds favor Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 The gaff rig was the rig of choice for more than 250 years until the Marconi rig (also called the Bermudan rig) came along. The gaff-r...
They grew from similar philosophies but have roots an ocean apart Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 When selecting comparison boats for the Pacific Seacraft 34 (see “The Pacific Seacraft 34 . . . and cano...
. . . and canoe-stern contemporaries Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 This really is a subset of yacht design: canoe-stern fin-keeled cruising boats. I say “canoe stern” rather than “double-ender” because, to ...
She has aged gracefully with her original owners Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 When I think of a good old boat, my first thought is a “rescue,” similar to what occurs in the world of pets. A new owner adopt...
Exploring the social side of sailing Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 Magazine time being what it is (and our short seasons in the Northland being what they are), I write this as our sailing season is just beg...
