The Softer Side of Trawlering
Written by Anita SimmonsIs your boat in need of an interior face-llift? Have you addressed all of the mechanical and safety conerns on your vessel, but neglecyed to also make your boat a comfortable cruising home?
Taking the first step toward refurbishing a boat interior is often the most frustrating. Where does one even begin? Which projects should couples leave in the hands of professionals and which can they tackle themselves?
Skinning A Cat
Written by Robert S. DriscollEver since I can remember, boats have fascinated me. During World War II, I visited my godfather at his summer house on Fire Island, N.Y. Even during the war, a few people were still sailing. At the age of four I was down on the dock mooching rides. In my family, only my brother and I cared about boats so we had to make do as best we could...and we did. Over the years we went to sailing camps, joined the sailing team and signed on as crew for races with friends whenever we could.
A Bare Boat
Written by Robert M. LaneHere's a shining idea.How about building that ideal, near perfect, long range or coastal cruising motorboat out of aluminum? Bare-naked aluminum.
It would be the ultimate low-maintenance boat. Aluminum does not rust like steel or leak and rot like wood. It does not absorb water like fiberglass and it never gets the pox on its bottom. It never needs varnish or wax, or even paint (except on underwater parts).
I sit at the airport gate, seething with frustration at a system so dysfunctional that every person around me is fidgety, glazed, and stressed big time.
The perpetrator of today's events is Continental Airlines, hands-down winner of a "Misery Loves Travel" Award.
