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Unwanted portlights left holes to patch Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 Over dinner one evening aboard their Allmand 31, Here & Now, our friends mentioned wanting to replace the boat’s portlights. They planned to head to the Caribbean that year and sought ways to make their boat more seaworthy. We looked around and counted 11 portlights....
Dreams fulfilled, sailors return to an unsteady terra firma Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 Odysseus, I was recently reminded, eventually got so fed up with his sea travels that he wanted to walk inland carrying an oar on his shoulder. When someone asked what the thing on his shoulder was, he’d stop and make that place...
Simple gifts of welcome or thanks Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 While cruising, we receive help from other sailors on an almost daily basis. While a bottle of wine rarely goes unappreciated, it’s sometimes nice to say “thank you” with something special and homemade. Here are some of my favorite gifts, all of them quick to...
Revealing storm structure through scanning strategies Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 In the first part of this two-part series (in the September 2016 issue), Mark explained the basics of Doppler weather radar and described the most common image types created from the data. In this second part, he looks at the behavior of radar beams and...
