The Magic of the Bahamas Pokie Run
Written by Bill ParlatoreFriends. It gave me goose bumps to see the view stretched out behind Growler 's transom. There were trawlers of all shapes and sizes in single file, traveling at 7 knots while closely spaced behind each other. Many of us had a similar thought that day: that this was a most unusual sight.
The Paper Plotter
Written by Dan McDougalIt seems that no magazine can go a single issue without a large piece on plotters, e-maps, rasters, vectors and other sunlightviewable wizardry. I still use a traditional paper chart and am most delighted with it in every aspect, and I wish to take the uphill position of pointing out the ways in which paper surpasses the electronic alternatives.
Driving the Ditch
Written by Bill ParlatoreAt the end of the Bahamas Pokie Run, we found ourselves on Growler in South Florida, 1,000 miles from home. We'd had a marvelous time in the Bahamas, but now reality hit that we had to get our new boat back up to Chesapeake Bay. It was an opportunity that excited me, however-the chance to run the Intracoastal Waterway soup to nuts, from Palm City home.
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Classic Wood Yachts
Written by Robert M. Lane
The easy way into the first showing of classic trawler yachts on Seattle's Lake Union simply was to walk in. That's the way most visitors came.
I took a different route by helping deliver a 65-foot Romsdal North Sea trawler from its home port in Roche Harbor, on San Juan Island, to the show on the edge of Seattle's central business district.
It was an adventure.
