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Multihulls are Everywhere

In last week’s Just Cruising column, I raised the question of whether it was time for Rosie and me to move from a monohull to a multihull for ...
On July 20, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Watch Systems

Greetings George, Thank you for your very well stated position about staying on watch with only two persons. We made numerous passages from Cape Fear direct to PR, ...
On July 12, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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What to Do About Lost Containers Adrift at Sea?

In last week’s Just Cruising I brought up the issue of containers lost from ships and adrift at sea posing hazards to other vessels and to the environment. ...
On June 30, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Communications at Sea

In last week’s Just Cruising, I wrote about communications aboard cruising boats and offered some of my experience and asked readers to chime in with what they have ...
On June 15, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Readers Respond to Last Week’s Just Cruising Column on the Benefits of New Sails

Hi George, Agree completely on all points in your recent essay on purchasing new sails sooner rather than later and am glad you wrote about it. I am ...
On June 2, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Readers Respond to Anchoring Question: Are Two Better than One?

In Last week’s Just Cruising, I related a short yarn about deploying a second anchor while anchored in a river in northeastern Australia to settle our boat down ...
On April 2, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Readers Respond to Anchoring Question: Are Two Better than One?

In Last week’s Just Cruising, I related a short yarn about deploying a second anchor while anchored in a river in northeastern Australia to settle our boat down ...
On March 31, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Readers Offer Thoughts on Cockpit Protection Aboard Their Boats

In last week’s Just Cruising column, I posed the question of why more production cruising boats do not have hard dodgers or pilot houses as options, or even ...
On March 26, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Readers Offer Thoughts on Cockpit Protection Aboard Their Boats

In last week’s Just Cruising column, I posed the question of why more production cruising boats do not have hard dodgers or pilot houses as options, or even ...
On March 22, 2021 / By George Day
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Wind Generators: Readers Respond

Hi George, We had a KISS on our old boat and it was fine. Not like a helicopter taking off but not totally obnoxious either. New to us ...
On February 26, 2020 / By Sandy Parks