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How to shower without having a shower aboard Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 A cruiser friend once said about her first trip up the Intracoastal Waterway, “We had to stop at a marina every few days for showers.” This fact helped explain why their cruise was so short and financially draining. At the time my...
Both Paul Niland and his beloved Bristol 35.5 sail their hearts out Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 “Sailing is not a matter of life and death. It’s much more important than that,” believes Paul Niland. Now that he has spent four years renovating his 1980 Bristol 35.5, he can live that philosophy — with the...
Making that seemingly impossible choice Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 So, you’re in the market for a trailerable sailboat. Great! There are more than 50 new trailerables currently in production, ranging in size from 14 to 32 feet. The number of models on the used-sailboat market is probably double that. So how do you choose?...
Try this logical, six-step method to eliminate impulse purchases Issue 35 : Mar/Apr 2004 Is choosing the boat that’s right for you like selecting an appliance or more like falling in love? Is it a matter of the head or the heart? When my wife, Kathleen, and I decided to begin our search for the...
