Lose Your Temper, Risk Losing Your Mate
I guess we could sense trouble even before it started. The 35-foot sloop was making a downwind...
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Chain Lube Change-up – Chain Care
Steering chains lurk unloved, out of sight, in one of the toughest environments on the boat, a...
Read MoreRecycle, Reuse, Reline
Marlow Blue Ocean, as far as I know, is the first dockline made entirely from recycled bottles....
Read MorePolished Up
Cleaning a fouled diesel tank started with polishing some dirty fuel on the fly. Aboard our 1984...
Read MoreNews from the Helm – August 2020
Boat Show Blues First, the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival was canceled, due to the pandemic...
Read MoreBook Review: Voyaging with Marionette
Amongst the hundreds of sailors I’ve known, only one kept the same boat nearly his entire...
Read MoreHow to Build a Dog Bowl Solar Vent
When we bought our 1976 Westerly Centaur, Breaking Wind, it came with an ancient-but-working...
Read MoreMail Buoy – August 2020
Electrified Last month, I put it to the readers about electric propulsion in sailboats—I wanted...
Read MoreBook Review: Half Fast
A good writer doesn’t tell readers their story, they show readers their story. I know that Randy...
Read MoreNonsuch 36 Design Comparison
…and Two More Freestanding-Rigged, Solid Sailers. Looking for boats to compare to the...
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