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When less than perfect is bright enough Issue 114: May/June 2017 About an hour after I put what I hoped was the last layer of varnish on some of Nurdle’s brightwork, it started to rain. The rain was forecast, but I had hoped it would hold off until later. I had taken a chance but,...
Mystic sometimes hosts very special guests Issue 114: May/June 2017 Our Mystic is no ordinary C&C 30. Not only has she been featured in this magazine uncountable times, she’s had two sailing luminaries at her helm: George Cuthbertson and Lin Pardey. George, for those for whom the name doesn’t ring a bell, is one of...
The Cuban yo-yo takes up no space yet hauls in dinner Issue 115: July/Aug 2017 I’m a fishing sailor. Fishing passes the time during periods of light winds, and there is no finer dining than on a fish that stopped flopping an hour ago. Unfortunately, ours is the typical cruising boat, crammed full of the...
Don’t leave anything to chance Issue 115: July/Aug 2017 During the seasonal cruiser migration along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW), it is quite common to see boats bottle-necked before a drawbridge, circling like goldfish in a bowl. This is especially the case at drawbridges that open on restricted schedules. When transiting a series of bridges,...
