Be prepared for visiting foreign ports Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 Flags have been flying for more than 5,000 years. One of their first uses was for identification at sea. It has long been customary for v...
Protection and lifting handles all in one Issue 96 : May/Jun 2014 When my husband, David, suggests I do some sewing, it’s usually for a project he’d really like to have done and one I’d rather not tac...
A veteran cruiser’s 12 steps to a well-fed crew Issue 106 : Jan/Feb 2016 Provisioning your boat can be as easy as taking a short walk to the grocery store to stock up for a couple of days on the lake ...
. . . and the safety significance of MMSI and GPS Issue 119: March/April 2018 When we replaced the fixed-mount VHF radio on our 1986 cutter back in 2002, we noticed the new radio featured a red “distr...
They quell fear of the unknown with caution and careful planning Issue 127: July/Aug 2019 Many old nautical charts bore the warning “Here Be Dragons” scribed across uncharted regions. When my husband,...
