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LA BELLE OIE
A mesmerizing melonseed
...’tween daughter, Isabel, too often, evidently. “Dad,” she said, “stop tal
Product Reviews
Discovery View Dry Bags
Removing the mystery
When we head out
Boat Profile
The Guider
A capable and comfortable camp-cruiser
...version of CLC’s 15′ Skerry sail-and-oar boat. John G. used the prototype to travel the 6,500-mile “Great Loop” of the eastern United States. The Guider was designed and built
Technique
Five Practical Tips
A handful of useful projects
Tiller
Adventures
A Gulf Coast Cruise
By sail and motor from Florida to Mississippi
...oysters. The wind strengthened in the afternoon, but it was from the west, useless to us: MYRNA C does not excel upwind. We stayed
Product Reviews
Lunatec Spray Bottle
A better bottle under pressure
...is made of BPA
Technique
Fixed-Clothesline Anchoring
Comfort in close quarters
...with
Technique
Outboard Winterizing
Maintenance for long-term storage
...we have to run the motor long enough
Product Reviews
Small Boat Head System
A compact way to leave no trace
...is sturdy, much more so than the somewhat flimsy ubiquitous paint and drywall
From The Editor
By a Landslide
Buried and broken
...of the route is well protected and only twice did we have to go ashore to wait
Product Reviews
Totes for Boats
Management for the miscellaneous
...trip in the dory or my sailing skiff the gear can include the radio, GPS, chart,
Boat Profile
Nutshell
Joel White's little packet
...damage to the noggin of a skipper who fails to duck. The Nutshell is well suited
Adventures
A Sneakbox on the Mississippi
850 miles from Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans, Louisiana
...waning moon rose over the bank as I
Product Reviews
Airflo Sun Hat
Tilley's ever-evolving adventure hat
...slightly lower profile that is well suited to sailing in a stiff breeze and duc
Boat Profile
Sunfish
A simple sailboat from the 1950s
...raised
Product Reviews
H22FX Handheld Sonar
A depth finder for small boats
...small boat the water is within reach. The H22FX is a useful tool. Depths marked on charts don’t have the details in the shore-side waters frequented by small boats, and ta
Boat Profile
The Willis Boats of Maine’s Dark Harbor
The enduring legacy of Willis Rossiter
...sailor,
Boat Profile
Eco 5 Power Cat
A catamaran for cozy cruising
...windscreen that really
Technique
Tsimshian anchoring
Dropping the anchor while standing ashore
...faering on a second cruise up the Inside Passage. The anchor is ready to drop over the side with the retrieval line secured to the stock and the chain, rode, and painter joined to the shank. The technique has been called Siwash anchoring. The Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, published in 1909, defines siwash
Boat Profile
Fairhaven Flyer
A light dory for solo or tandem rowing
...I needed. photographs by the author The author’s Fairhaven Flyer, BELLA, was built
Devlin’s Fairhaven Flyer
...would not produce the performance I needed. photographs by the author The author’s Fairhaven Flyer, BELLA, was built
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15′ Sailing Dinghy
An evolution in design
Will Stirling’s 15’ Sailing Dinghy has a shape that emerged gradually over a period of 15 years. He built his first dinghy in 2002, while he was in Cornwall wor
Technique
Exploring the Poles
Propulsion where motors, oars, and paddles fail
...the boat (as a very capable friend of mine proved), so let go before you lose your balance. Poles with folding feet have been
Adventures
Wolf Rock Light
Eight miles out to sea in a dinghy
...my overly friendly seal. And to those who might scoff at my trepidation, I say: you weren’t swimming out at sea with a large sea mammal ma