SAIL - April 2015

39 SAIL MAGAZINE Everything is at hand in the cockpit, includ- ing the Harken 70 electric primary winches, which can be controll ...

40 APRIL 2015 Crossing an ocean under sail was an unachievable dream for this Midwestern cruising couple, until they actually de ...

PHOTO COURTESY BRENDA PAULSEN SAIL MAGAZINE 41 By Thane Paulsen ...

42 APRIL 2015 crossing the Atlantic is little more than a fairytale. It certainly was for us. But ours is an “if we can do it, y ...

PHOTO BY TIM WRIGHT; MAP BY PIP HURN SAIL MAGAZINE 43 on the Chesapeake. The following April we sailed up to New- port, Rhode Is ...

PHOTOS COURTESY BRENDA PAULSEN; TIM WRIGHT (Clockwise from top left) A statue on the street in Mindelo, São Vincente, Cape Verde ...

45 SAIL MAGAZINE sail from the mast. After that tactic failed, we scampered around on deck in our life jackets and harnesses. Th ...

46 APRIL 2015 PHOTO BY BILLY BLACK A SAILOR’S GUIDE By Diana Doyle BIRDWATCHING ...

47 SAIL MAGAZINE Some young sailors check out the local Canada Goose population in Newport Harbor ...

How about the dramatic plunge-dives of Northern Gannets? Or the beauty of elegant, long-tailed Roseate Terns fishing in your wak ...

Bird-watching is something every member of the crew can enjoy (left); a brown booby perches on the back of a RIB (above); storm ...

FEATHERWEIGHT FIELD GUIDES Identifying seabirds can be tough. You are, after all, try- ing to pick out field marks on a fast-mov ...

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A SAILOR’S GUIDE BIRDWATCHING BONAPARTE’S GULL This elegant little gull can be seen in the Great Lakes region when not breeding ...

Morris YachtsMorrrri ris YaYachts has approved Flexofoldhas approveved FlFle exo ofofold -forthenew-fofor the new M46M4M46 Flexo ...

PHOTO BY CHARLES J. DOANE; ILLUSTRATIONS BY DICKEVERITT.COM SEAMANSHIP ON DECK 54 APRIL 2015 A lthough the odds of losing someon ...

This is the method practised at the author’s sailing school: a block is attached to the main halyard and a retrieval line is run ...

ON DECK ILLUSTRATIONS BY DICKEVERITT.COM Here is how we get the person back on board the boat:  Attach a block to a strong haly ...

MOB RETRIEVAL DEVICES A vertical hoist, such as with the Lifesling, works best if the MOB is able to assist. Various commerciall ...

PROJECT—PART II BOAT WORKS Sometimes choosing the finish paint is the hardest part of the entire paint process, not only because ...