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Facelift for Saggy Liner

Sails Canvas January 18, 2007

The headliner in my boats cabin is beginning to sag. I have tried to secure it to the overhead again, but I am having...

The Cruising Sailor’s Drivetrain

Sails Canvas January 18, 2007

after approximately seven years, which means that we have just fitted our third unit. The first one is still onboard as a spare and...

The Cruising Sailors Drivetrain

Sails Canvas January 18, 2007

Andy O'Grady and wife Ulla Norlander have sailed their 42-foot gaff cutter Balaena to the far corners of the planet. At the end of 1999,...

Mailport: 12/06

Sails Canvas November 18, 2006

MARINE INSURANCE REDUXI have been reading with much interest your articles about marine insurance this year (April and May 2006). Every year, I look...

Riding the ‘A’-train

Sails Canvas August 3, 2006

Almost every production-built boat that PS editors and contributors go aboard these days has an inventory that includes an asymmetrical spinnaker. That isn’t a...

Riding the A-train

Sails Canvas August 3, 2006

Almost every production-built boat that PS editors and contributors go aboard these days has an inventory that includes an asymmetrical spinnaker. That isn’t a...

A Fistful of Splicing Fids

Sails Canvas June 19, 2006

While pre-spliced lines are easy to come by these days through marine chandleries, riggers, or the major rope suppliers, the sailors art of splicing...

Seven Muscular Winches

Sails Canvas May 14, 2006

The origin of the magnificent machine called a winch is obscure. It ranks almost as high as the lever, which can provide unlimited mechanical...

Garhauer Launches Hefty New Traveler

Sails Canvas March 16, 2006

All the components of this system—end fittings, mainsheet connection shackles, sheaves, etc.—are fixed in place using stainless bolts with hex heads. Except for the...