Small Craft Advisor
READER BOAT: Sovereign 18 called Slowmotion
Sometimes the boat you get is one you’d never heard of.
4 min |
September - October 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Boat Review: Com-Pac 19 (Revisited)
Twenty years later we take another look at the still popular Com-Pac 19 sailboat
10+ min |
September - October 2020
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Alternative Rigs for Multihulls
I’ve posted some brief notes about multihull rigs on the “Useful Articles” pages of my website, www.sailingcatamarans. com. There, in the “Different Design Features” section, I explain why the sensible choice for multihulls is the single-mast Bermudian rig, either masthead or fractional rig.
4 min |
September - October 2020
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PLEASURE ISLANDS
HOLIDAY HOMES, RESTAURANTS, EVEN CITIES MAY SOON BE COMING TO A QUIET BEACH OR HARBOUR NEAR YOU, REPORTS SAM FORTESCUE
7 min |
September 2020
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ON THE LIMIT
THIS YEAR’S VENDÉE GLOBE IS A RACE FOR FUTURISTIC FLYING MACHINES. HELEN FRETTER AND ANDI ROBERTSON TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
10+ min |
September 2020
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MASTER YOUR MAINSAIL
KNOWING HOW TO SET UP A MULTIHULL’S MAINSAIL IS CRUCIAL. BRIAN THOMPSON, ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED MULTIHULL SAILORS, SHARES HIS TIPS
10+ min |
September 2020
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CLASS ACT
CRUISING WITH THEIR CHILDREN ALLOWED RALF AND DINA SCHLAEPFER TO FULFIL THEIR PACIFIC DREAMS, ALTHOUGH SET LESSONS WERE OVERTAKEN BY THE SCHOOL OF ADVENTURE
9 min |
September 2020
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MAIDEN VOYAGE
SINGLE-HANDED SAILOR TREVOR ROBERTSON DESCRIBES A MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM FLORIDA TO MARTINIQUE IN A NEWLY PURCHASED 38-FOOTER
10 min |
September 2020
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SPACE DISCOVERY
BRITISH BRAND DISCOVERY IS ONE OF THE FEW MONOHULL YARDS TO BUILD CATAMARANS. COULD THE BLUEWATER 50 BE ONE FOR MONOHULL PURISTS?
9 min |
September 2020
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TAKING CONTROL
HOW MODERN AUTOPILOTS CAN BE YOUR BEST HELMSMAN, BY MATTHEW SHEAHAN
9 min |
September 2020
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CALEDONIAN BLUES
JANNEKE KUYSTERS AND WIETZE VAN DER LAAN ARE CAPTIVATED BY THE PACIFIC ISLANDS OF NEW CALEDONIA
7 min |
September 2020
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5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO MAKE STRUCTURAL REPAIRS OFFSHORE
4 min |
September 2020
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A SMOOTH NEW START
PRIVILÈGE IS RENEWING ITS RANGE UNDER HANSE, STARTING WITH THIS 50-FOOTER. FRANÇOIS TREGOUET REPORTS
3 min |
September 2020
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SMALL BOAT CRUISE: Waldo Lake, Oregon
I decided to go to Waldo Lake, in the mountains east of Eugene, Oregon in mid-September, hoping to be on the water from Friday through the following Tuesday or Wednesday. Having been to Waldo five times in June and once in early August. I wanted to feel the nighttime chill announcing the coming winter, and be both grateful for it and fortified against it, in my winter sleeping bag. I wanted to watch the long and early shadows of Autumn seizing the forest in the afternoon.
8 min |
July - August 2020
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Small-Boat Gear
XPL EXPLORE MORE
3 min |
July - August 2020
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SHALLOW DRAFT
It is early May and, like many of you, we’re thinking about life in a challenging time—about gains, losses and what might come next.
3 min |
July - August 2020
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SAFE AND SIMPLE
Changing rigs extended this sailor’s time on the water
6 min |
July - August 2020
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S-CAMPING
Glenn Tripp on building a bunk
1 min |
July - August 2020
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RESTORATION
The true cost of bringing and old boat back to life
10+ min |
July - August 2020
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READER BOAT: A Drake 13 called Grebe
I have always wanted to build a sharpie. For me they are archetypal—like a boat from some dream. And mine is a very specific dream: sitting low in the cockpit on a sunny, breezy day, sailing on starboard tack, tiller and sheet in hand, just cruisin’ along in my beautiful little sharpie.
6 min |
July - August 2020
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PLAN STUDY: Annabelle Skiff
Standing around after boating on the local pond, I suggested to my friend, the remarkable Paul Helbert, that I thought he would be better served by yet another boat—specifically, the “10' Rowing and Sailing Dinghy” designed by Howard Chapelle. I would modify Chapelle’s hull for skin-on-frame construction, and Paul would build the prototype. Paul could, for a minimal investment in both time and money, have a sailboat that would be lightweight enough to car-top, yet still had room for a passenger. More importantly, the boat promised jaunty performance as well.
4 min |
July - August 2020
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Future Physics of the Birdwing Mast
An inventor’s perspective
7 min |
July - August 2020
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Bike Sailing
Building a small, bike-trailerable boat for big water
9 min |
July - August 2020
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SET FREE & GO
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET READY AND PREPARED TO SAIL AWAY FOR A LIFE AFLOAT? RALLY ORGANISER JEREMY WYATT GUIDES US WITH HIS ADVICE
10 min |
July 2020
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SHOGUN 50 AND 42.6
This new brand is the result of a Swedish owner seeking a very light displacement boat with performance (and some design aspects) akin to that of the ClubSwan 50, but with easy handling for day sailing and occasional overnighting with family and friends in the Stockholm archipelago.
3 min |
July 2020
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LESSONS FROM A LIFE AFLOAT
PETE GOSS HAS DECIDED TO CHANGE HIS VOYAGING PLANS AND SAIL NEARER TO HOME, BUT HE REFLECTS ON WHAT HE’S LEARNED
10 min |
July 2020
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SailGP will restart in 2021
All events due to take place this year in Russell Coutts’s grand prix circuit SailGP have been rescheduled for 2021. The ‘Season 2’ series planned for San Francisco in April, New York in June, and in UK and Denmark in August and September are all being moved to the same venues running from April next year.
1 min |
July 2020
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FINE BALANCE
AT FIRST ACQUAINTANCE THIS CRUISER/RACER SEEMS CURIOUSLY AT ODDS WITH ITSELF – UNTIL YOU GET BEHIND THE WHEEL
9 min |
July 2020
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THE SWAN PRINCE
FASHION MAGNATE LEONARDO FERRAGAMO HAS CULTIVATED NAUTOR’S SWAN INTO THE WORLD’S MOST RESPECTED YACHT BRAND
9 min |
July 2020
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Solo race to the Arctic
A new race to the Arctic in July is to be run for the IMOCA 60 class as a qualifier for the Vendée Globe round the world race in November.
2 min |