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History Repeated: Tender Trouble Times Two
Related tags: Passage Notes | Dinghy | Article by Ben Zartman
“History,” a timeworn saying briefly assures us, “repeats itself.” Unfortunately for the Zartmans, this was the case with their dinghy delimmas.
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January 8, 2013How Not to Install a Self-Steering Windvaneby Cap'n Fatty GoodlanderMonitoring One’s Progress Toward the Loony Bin: On a quest for self-steerage, our intrepid do-it-yourselfers attempt the impossible in the most unfeasible manner. On Watch from the December 2012 issue of Cruising World.
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December 4, 2012Editor's Log: A Study in Greenby Mark PillsburySailing green, living green—it all takes work. That’s a lesson well learned in the Galápagos Islands. Editor's Log from our December 2012 issue.
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December 3, 2012Silent Maid: Loud Statementby Gary JobsonThis 33-foot catboat, the reincarnation of a storied Barnegat Bay racer, is the latest success of a former Wall Streeter devoted to bringing classic wooden sailboats back to life. Yacht Style from our December 2012 issue.
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November 27, 2012Day 25 towards Cape Horn - several urgent jobs - and a flurry of flying fishby Jeanne SocratesI noticed a ship heading our way- CPA under1.5 ml in 45 mins... that's too close in my book!
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November 27, 2012Days 23/24 towards Cape Horn - sun at times, mostly light wind from NE, problemsby Jeanne SocratesThe autopilot rudder bar display disappeared again - while in 'Standby' and under windsteering....grrr!!
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November 27, 2012Day 22 towards Cape Horn - A booby comes to visit, in continuing grey conditionsby Jeanne SocratesOn going up on deck to keep an eye out for the ship, I was kept entertained for a good half hour by a brown booby trying to land in our rigging to roost overnight - darkness was just falling.
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November 27, 2012Mounting the New Liferaftby Jeanne SocratesIn an emergency safety stop during her around-the-world voyage, Jeanne Socrates installs a new liferaft on Nereida.
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November 27, 2012Day 21 towards Cape Horn - Grey, cloudy.... Autopilot issuesby Jeanne SocratesAfter taking a look at the rudder reference unit in the autopilot system, we stayed on that for a time to see how it coped - and if any error messages came up...
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November 27, 2012Day 20 towards Cape Horn - Another problem just caught in time - and fixed.....by Jeanne SocratesAfter lowering the pole to the deck, I happened to have a look at the pin which had given a problem the other day - that was fine, but I then noticed that another big pin, holding the pole end to the mast car attachment, was nearly out of its hole! A circlip holding the end in place was missing and there was nothing to stop the pin from falling out - which it was clearly well on its way to doing ...!!
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November 27, 2012Day 19 towards Cape Horn - Bright sun and good speed in more settled windby Jeanne SocratesAfter several overnight bands of squally rainclouds, with light winds in between, we've finally settled into a nice, sunny day with some white clouds around and fairly consistent good wind from the north.
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Hooking up a 100+-lb sailfish is easy. Hoisting it on board DOMINO is the hard work. JP Dufour in las Perlas, Panama.
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Loved sailing aboard the 433 this past week. Easy to handle, great performance and extremely comfortable. Thankful for the watermaker!
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