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SMALL BOAT CRUISE: Superior's NMCA
From the vantage of my home in Bayfield, Wisconsin I see the first leg of many small-boat cruises to the Apostle Islands.
9 min |
May - June 2020
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Tent for Coastal Marsh Sleeper
Karen wants us to sail Clam Girl from Cedar Key up or down coast, lodging to lodging. Roger Barnes suggested in his thorough 2014 book, The Dinghy Cruising Companion, “A civilized solution is to sail between small harbour towns and check into a local hotel each night.”
3 min |
May - June 2020
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READER BOAT: The Crazy Boat
Sometimes, great imaginative leaps in mankind’s development never quite take off.
6 min |
May - June 2020
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Capt'n Pauley
Normally, I talk about hard items like fiberglass, wood, steel or aluminum. Today, I’m offon another tangent—marine fabrics.
6 min |
May - June 2020
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For Comfort and Convenience
These are some modifications made to my SCAMP Frisky, to make sailing her more enjoyable.
4 min |
May - June 2020
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All the boats in the world by John C.Harris
There’s a formula for a successful proa.
3 min |
May - June 2020
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Bahamian Beachcruising
Chartering a Sea Pearl 21 in the Exumas
10+ min |
May - June 2020
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A New Companionway Door
When I bought my 30-year old West Wight Potter, Blue Knot, it needed a few repairs and replacement parts.
10 min |
May - June 2020
Yachting World
THREE HULLS ONE PLANET
A SWISS SAILOR AND ORGANIC FARMER HAS CUSTOMISED HIS NEEL 51 TO PROVE THAT BOATS CAN BE COMPLETELY SELF-SUSTAINING.
7 min |
May 2020
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STOIC IN THE SOUTH
PADDY MACKLIN DESCRIBES A NIGHT OF KNOCKDOWNS AND ROLLOVERS AS HE ATTEMPTED A NON-STOP CIRCLE OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN IN HIS 27FT WOODEN SLOOP
9 min |
May 2020
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WINTER AT 66° N
AN ORDINARY BOAT CAN ENABLE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.SKIER AND SAILOR JUHO KARHU HAS SPENT TWO WINTERS IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE ON BOARD HIS BENETEAU IDYLLE.
10 min |
May 2020
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THE HARDEST ROAD
WHAT’S IT REALLY LIKE TO PREPARE FOR THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST OCEAN RACE, THE VENDÉE GLOBE? PIP HARE REVEALS HOW HARD IT CAN BE
10+ min |
May 2020
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SPECIAL REPORT
WHERE TO SPEND THE HURRICANE SEASON
10+ min |
May 2020
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PACIFIC SOLO
SINGLE-HANDED ADVENTURER WEBB CHILES OUTRUNS A SOUTH PACIFIC STORM AS HE SAILS BETWEEN THE US AND NEW ZEALAND
9 min |
May 2020
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ONE DESIGN DOUBLE APPEAL?
DEHLER’S AWARD-WINNING OFFSHORE BLASTER IS MANY THINGS TO MANY SAILORS. BUT CAN A SHORT-HANDED ONE-DESIGN RACER-CRUISER REALLY TICK SO MANY BOXES?
9 min |
May 2020
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KING OF CATS
MARC VAN PETEGHEM OF FRENCH DESIGN LEADERS VPLP TALKS EXTREME FOILING, CRUISING CATS AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH SAM FORTESCUE
9 min |
May 2020
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COUNTDOWN TO YOUR BIG ADVENTURE
FIVE SKIPPERS TELL ELAINE BUNTING ABOUT THEIR PLANS AND PREPARATIONS TO GO VOYAGING
10+ min |
May 2020
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CAMERAS ON BOARD
Improved camera imagery and software incorporating artificial intelligence are increasingly making sailing easier, from parking to detecting UFOs.
8 min |
May 2020
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Small-Boat Gear
DUCKWORKS BOAT PLANS
1 min |
March - April 2020
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Wood + Carbon Fiber
Are you having trouble getting good wood for your boat projects? You are not alone.
4 min |
March - April 2020
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THE PORTAGE
And Other Notes from Doubling the Salish 100
9 min |
March - April 2020
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SMALL BOAT CRUISE: Isolated Australian Coast
On the opposite side of north Australia from the Great Barrier Reef is a much less-known reef, hugging a rarely visited desert coast, offering soul-feeding beauty that is only amplified by the art of small-boat journeying.
9 min |
March - April 2020
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Seascape The Webb Chiles Interview
We caught up with famed sailor and author Webb Chiles just after he’d finished his sixth circumnavigation at age 77.
10+ min |
March - April 2020
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READER BOAT: AMF Sunbird, Lusty Slogger
On May 1, 2009, while riding my beloved Triumph Bonneville motorcycle on Interstate 40 in Asheville NC, I was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer rig.
6 min |
March - April 2020
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On The Beach at Cedar Key
The annual gathering of small craft happens each year on the first weekend in May. It is perfectly located on the tip of a peninsula tucked up in the panhandle of the Gulf of Mexico.
10 min |
March - April 2020
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PLAN STUDY: Glen-L 14
Here is a sprightly sloop for sporty sailing the whole family will enjoy.
2 min |
March - April 2020
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My Experiment in Retractable Electric Propulsion
Electric outboard motors, the wave of the future, are a great way to propel small watercraft, since they offer several advantages over standard gasoline-powered outboards.
5 min |
March - April 2020
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CUSTOM GOAT ISLAND SKIFF
It turns out that I enjoy building and learning about boats even more than I enjoy owning them.
5 min |
March - April 2020
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EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
RUPERT HOLMES ON BLT
5 min |
April 2020
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JIMMY CORNELL'S ZER0 CARBON CRUISER
THE FUTURE IS ELECTRIC, SAYS CRUISING GURU JIMMY CORNELL. HE’S BUILDING AN ELECTRIC CATAMARAN FOR A CIRCUMNAVIGATION WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS
9 min |