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Sea Siren: the Ultimate Liveaboard Mother

A young Cap’n Fatty and his mother, Marie Goodlander, the Sea Siren, were right at home aboard their schooner Elizabeth. At 94, Marie proves she still can handle the helm when she joins Fatty and Carolyn for a sail aboard their new boat, Ganesh.

2013 Sailing Industry Study

The annual report from the Sailing Company—publisher of Sailing World and Cruising World— includes studies on the bareboat charter industry, North American import sailboats, and North American sailing industries.

Getting Your Electrical System Ready ..

It’s spring, its in the low 50′s here in RI and that means its time to start getting the boat ready for the summer. The whole getting the boat ready thing has very different meaning to a lot of people. To one friend of mine Spring get ready means getting into every nook and cranny on the boat with a tooth brush to clean. To others it means pulling the cover off, slopping some anti-fouling bottom paint on and getting it launched. For me, it means a careful inspection of all systems to make …

Eight Bells: Don Backe

The founder of Chesapeake Regional Accessible Boating, which brought sailing to the disabled, dies at 77.

Does a Shaft Brush Help Prevent Corrosion?

Brass Shaft Brush Connected to Metal Hull Does this Really Work? We received a good query from reader Gerry this week that is worth sharing a bit of discussion on. The photo he sent in is on his aluminum hulled sailboat. What you see in the photo is a flat brass bar that someone applied some solder to (the grey stuff at the end and rubbing against the prop shaft). The other end of the brass bar is simply screwed to the aluminum cross piece you see running under the shaft. The brass bar gets …

Strictly Sail Pacific 2013

CW deputy editor Elaine Lembo checks out the cool new boats and gear at this annual sailboat show in Oakland, California.

Does a Shaft Brush Help Prevent Corrosion?

Brass Shaft Brush Connected to Metal Hull Does this Really Work? We received a good query from reader Gerry this week that is worth sharing a bit of discussion on. The photo he sent in is on his aluminum hulled sailboat. What you see in the photo is a flat brass bar that someone applied some solder to (the grey stuff at the end and rubbing against the prop shaft). The other end of the brass bar is simply screwed to the aluminum cross piece you see running under the shaft. The brass bar …

The Neskowin Ghost Forest

The Robertson family discover what’s left of an ancient forest on a trip down the coast. It’s not a forest like one you may imagine on the Oregon coast, mostly because it is really on the coast—in the water actually.

Sea Siren: the Ultimate Liveaboard Mother

A young Cap’n Fatty and his mother, Marie Goodlander, the Sea Siren, were right at home aboard their schooner Elizabeth. At 94, Marie proves she still can handle the helm when she joins Fatty and Carolyn for a sail aboard their new boat, Ganesh.

2013 Sailing Industry Study

The annual report from the Sailing Company—publisher of Sailing World and Cruising World— includes studies on the bareboat charter industry, North American import sailboats, and North American sailing industries.

Getting Your Electrical System Ready ..

It’s spring, its in the low 50′s here in RI and that means its time to start getting the boat ready for the summer. The whole getting the boat ready thing has very different meaning to a lot of people. To one friend of mine Spring get ready means getting into every nook and cranny on the boat with a tooth brush to clean. To others it means pulling the cover off, slopping some anti-fouling bottom paint on and getting it launched. For me, it means a careful inspection of all systems to make …

Eight Bells: Don Backe

The founder of Chesapeake Regional Accessible Boating, which brought sailing to the disabled, dies at 77.

Does a Shaft Brush Help Prevent Corrosion?

Brass Shaft Brush Connected to Metal Hull Does this Really Work? We received a good query from reader Gerry this week that is worth sharing a bit of discussion on. The photo he sent in is on his aluminum hulled sailboat. What you see in the photo is a flat brass bar that someone applied some solder to (the grey stuff at the end and rubbing against the prop shaft). The other end of the brass bar is simply screwed to the aluminum cross piece you see running under the shaft. The brass bar gets …

Strictly Sail Pacific 2013

CW deputy editor Elaine Lembo checks out the cool new boats and gear at this annual sailboat show in Oakland, California.

Does a Shaft Brush Help Prevent Corrosion?

Brass Shaft Brush Connected to Metal Hull Does this Really Work? We received a good query from reader Gerry this week that is worth sharing a bit of discussion on. The photo he sent in is on his aluminum hulled sailboat. What you see in the photo is a flat brass bar that someone applied some solder to (the grey stuff at the end and rubbing against the prop shaft). The other end of the brass bar is simply screwed to the aluminum cross piece you see running under the shaft. The brass bar …

The Neskowin Ghost Forest

The Robertson family discover what’s left of an ancient forest on a trip down the coast. It’s not a forest like one you may imagine on the Oregon coast, mostly because it is really on the coast—in the water actually.

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