Cruising World - May 2016

may 2016 cruisingworld.com 41 company in 2012 and was looking to buy another. But his thirst for voyaging had never been quenche ...

left in the fall,” concedes Kenan, “I still didn’t feel ready. I was so busy packing and planning.” But at that stage, there was ...

may 2016 cruisingworld.com 43 FAMILY MATTERS I was named in the insurance, and the whole deal was a gentle- men’s verbal arrange ...

ISLANDS IN THE SUN T hough they’d launched their plans together, once un- derway, the three families met up at just the beginnin ...

may 2016 cruisingworld.com 45 freedom. “We were not in the U.S., with safety tape everywhere,” she says. “When the kids got back ...

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may 2016 cruisingworld.com 47 BY RONNIE SIMPSON H OLE wo years ago, when I set out to cross the Pacifi c aboard my Cal 2-27, Mon ...

may 2016 cruisingworld.com 48 Bottom line? I had about $10,000 to spend on my next boat, not counting refit costs. So my budget ...

may 2016 cruisingworld.com 49 CLOSING THE LOOPHOLE Bounty II), rudder failure doomed my inaugural of- shore journey. Since then, ...

may 2016 cruisingworld.com 50 tillerpilot. The Navik vane would be the primary helmsman while at sea; the tillerpilot would serv ...

may 2016 cruisingworld.com 51 CLOSING THE LOOPHOLE allowed my batteries to charge fully every single day. Though I was wracked w ...

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HANDS-ON SAILOR 54 the newfound space was wasted, and those downsized felt confused, with multiple sole levels, cramped sitting ...

HANDS-ON SAILOR in open-ended cockpits with full-length cockpit sole travelers (some recessed for safety), narrow sheeting angle ...

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HANDS-ON SAILOR cruisingworld.com 58 fuel-injected engines. Those might address fuel problems, as my experience with fuel-inject ...

HANDS-ON SAILOR cruisingworld.com 59 much heavier. Depending on the specifi c tender you’re powering, as well as how you intend ...

may 2016 cruisingworld.com 60 E-TEC fuel-injected engine is approximately $4,500. Honda of ers only a 20-horsepower engine in th ...