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The jug sling or hackamore
A knot you can trust with your wine Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 The hackamore knot is well worth knowing. It has at least three distinct uses for which it is invaluable. The first of these is as an emergency hose clamp. I once used the remarkable constricting power of this knot to jury-rig a

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Rudder stops
Avoid paying for those expensive thumps Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 Our 30-year-old Ranger 28 has a balanced rudder and is tiller-steered. While I prefer a tiller and like the feedback it gives, it unsettles me if I feel the rudder touch the hull, especially when the touch results in a resounding thump. I get

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Are brokers necessary?
Yes, says this seasoned seller, sometimes they are Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 As a lifelong do-it-yourselfer, I’ve generally agreed with those who say, “Selling a boat isn’t on a par with diesel-injector engineering. Anybody can do it.” “Why,” most of us ask, “should I pay someone 10 percent of the selling price when I

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Still sailing after all these years
RC model Lasers are more than toy boats Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 This morning I participated in a peaceful pastime that I dearly love: sailing. Now as I write this, the wind howls outside, the temperature has dropped into the 30s, and the calendar says it’s late March. How, you may wonder, can an

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Seeking the perfect dinghy
Here’s one that comes pretty close to ideal Issue 54 : May/Jun 2007 Space on the deck of any cruising vessel is tight. Because we have so many things to carry and still need space left over to actually do the work of sailing our boats, it seems we can never have everything. This was

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