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cruisingworld.com 46 SAND & SEA

A television commentator and America’s Cup-winning tactician joins a

six-man expedition to Sable Island to fi lm his latest documentary,

The Magic and Mystery of Sable Island.

By Gary Jobson

54 ON THE OUTGOING TIDE

His latter years were not particularly kind to the fi rst man to sail

the globe solo. His disappearance during his fi nal voyage on Spray is

chronicled in an excerpt from Joshua Slocum: The Captain Who Sailed

Around the World.

By Quentin Casey

60 APOSTLES MEA CULPA

Left with a poor impression of Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands after

their fi rst visit, a cruising couple return to fi nd the 21-island national

lakeshore is nothing short of delightful.

BILL BARTON; BOB GRIESER (LEFT)

46

HANDS-ON SAILOR

101

Roger, Dodgers

Cockpit protection

options range from

canvas to composites.

By Tom Zydler

106

Splice It Up

A couple rigs an inner

forestay and running

backstays with Dynee-

ma, simple fi ttings and

some handy rope work.

By Heather Francis

110

All Charged Up

Proper monitoring

will give your AGM

batteries longer lives.

By Steve D’Antonio

As the wind pushed

the fog to the east,

we were surrounded

in the cockpit by

our own personal

rainbow— a

“fogbow,” if you

like— that started

on our bow and

ended on our stern.

APOSTLES MEA CULPA,

PAGE 60

COLUMNS

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Editor’s Log

16

Underway

33

On Watch

38

Waypoints

41

Green Wakes

112

Chartering News

146

Off Wa t c h

ON THE COVER

A Lagoon 42 fl ies along toward Cat Cay in the Bahamas.

Photo by Phototèque Lagoon – Nicolas Claris