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. . . and replaced with mixed results Issue 112: Jan/Feb 2017 I have lost rudders five times over the course of owning two different boats, each time for a different reason, each time requiring a different fix. The first time, I was aboard my 22-foot twin-keel Sea Witch and the rudder failed when the...
. . . means coping with the occasional nightmare Issue 112: Jan/Feb 2017 What happens when someone who has discarded a dream, a dream clearly beyond reach, meets a dreamer? Possibilities germinate. You know the dream. It was the “sailing away someday” dream and it was deeply rooted, sparked in my childhood. One of the...
How it can come unhinged under stress Issue 112: Jan/Feb 2017 Cliff Moore has had his share of trouble with transom-hung rudders (see “Rudders I Have Loved and Lost,” January 2017). In my article “How Sailboat Rudders Evolved,” in the January 2015 issue, I touched on almost every rudder configuration except the transom-hung rudder. I’ll...
Stirring paint without the Pollock effect Issue 113: March/April 2017 Our Creekmore 34, Eurisko, always looks sharp with her new black bottom paint, but we don’t wear it nearly as well. Bottom paint is tenacious and toxic and we prefer not to get it splattered on ourselves and everything we own. But it’s also thick,...
