Cruising World 1996 - Abstracts

Cruising World 1996
TitleSubjectAuthors
1996: the best boats of the year!Sports and fitness 
A cargo of good will.(project to bring school supplies and clothing to children on Cape Verde Islands)Sports and fitnessLucy Tulloch
A clever companionway: they took a poorly designed engine box and transformed it into a unique companionway ladder, stowage chest and galley seat.(Refit)Sports and fitnessJeremy McGeary
A Connecticut Yankee is king Ozzie's court. (sailor encounters visa problems in Australia)Sports and fitnessDan Jelsema
A custom remedy to kill the chill.(sailboat heating system)Sports and fitnessDwight Isbell
A most ridiculous cruise. (two young men set out for the South Seas in a leaky schooner)Sports and fitnessRobert Williamson
As the 'Crow' flies: on a summer cruise with his family, a sailor attempts to come to grips with his decision to sell a well-loved boat.(includes travel information about Newfoundland)Sports and fitnessDavid Treadway
Babes at sea? (young people making solo ocean cruises)(Editorial)Sports and fitnessBernadette Brennan Bernon
Beauty beyond the beast.(sailing in Belle Isle Strait in Canada)(includes related articles on cruising guidelines and sailing in northern seas)Sports and fitnessMyron Arms
Between a rock and hard place.(Farallon Islands off northern California)Sports and fitnessCarolyn Mehatty, Bob Mehatty
Beyond the garden of good and evil. (sailing off the coast of Georgia)(includes related articles on weather, charts and guides)Sports and fitnessSusan Garrett Mason
'Brendan' lives!(small-boat construction project)Sports and fitnessLarry Brown
Canada's wild west.(yacht cruise in the Queen Charlotte Islands)Sports and fitnessVal Haigh
'Can I sail the boat by myself?' (teaching children to sail)(includes information on sailing classes and organizations)(Family Sailing)Sports and fitnessTimothy F. Murphy, Jay Varner
Canyon sailing. (using a sailing kayak to explore Lake Powell)(includes travel information)Sports and fitnessChris Kulczycki
Close encounters of the third world.(cruising Indonesia)(Cruising World 1995 Seamanship Medal Winners)Sports and fitnessDave Martin, Jaja Martin
Create your own sun-sight reduction program.Sports and fitnessBill Murdoch
Cruising Croatia; royal visit; rescues and heroes....Sports and fitnessJane Tracy
Cruising's first-year growing pains.(cruising couples describe the first year of their voyages)Sports and fitnessKellogg Fleming
Cushion that coastline.(parallel indexing in radar navigation)Sports and fitnessDave Kane
Different boats for different folks.(shoal-draft cruisers)Sports and fitnessDeborah Bennett
Discover Mexico's gold coast. (part 2)(includes related article on cruising regulations)Sports and fitnessRon Gray
Discover Mexico's Gold Coast. (sailing the southern west coast, includes a related article on Mexican paperwork: part 1)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessRon Gray
Do you know what inspired the inflatable?(invention of the inflatable boat)Sports and fitnessPaul Darling
Electrifying performance. (onboard power for a yacht; includes a related article on battery basics)(Onboard Systems)Sports and fitnessDwight Isbell
Even sailors get the blues.(shipwreck narrative)Sports and fitnessTony Muldoon
Facing the furies. (sailing experience)(Safety At Sea)Sports and fitnessMark Eichenberger
Find it, fix it, maintain it.(preventive maintenance on watercraft)Sports and fitnessBeth Leonard, Evans Starzinger
First mates, is cruising for you?(women and yacht cruising)Sports and fitnessBeth Leonard
For all you bleeding hearts....(draining water from a marine engine)Sports and fitnessRobert Gluck
Fragile reefs: handle with care.(protecting coral reef when cruising)Sports and fitnessPaul Bartels
Freshwater havens.(Great Lakes sailing cruise)(includes bibliography)Sports and fitnessHeather Harnischfeger-Smith
Galley ho!(galley renovation ideas)Sports and fitness 
How to bring them back alive. (rescue operations)(includes related article on rescue equipment)(Safety At Sea)Sports and fitnessJohn Rousmaniere
How to prepare your boat for a storm: don't wait till the hurricane flag flies to ready your boat. Here's a check-list of storm-preparedness tactics. (includes a bibliography)(Hurricane!)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessEd Eisenberger
Ice thwarts Northwest Passage voyage.(sailing voyage)Sports and fitnessLen Sherman
Jibing the main.(sail management)Sports and fitnessBill Biewenga
Light-air tricks. (sailing)(Performance Cruising)Sports and fitnessBill Biewenga
Limbering up aboard.(exercise program for cruising sailors)Sports and fitnessKatherine Knight
Lord of the rings. (the Gulf Stream)(includes related article)(Navigation)Sports and fitnessRalph Naranjo, Henry Genthe
Marine mini-med school.(Maritime Health Services)Sports and fitnessTom Gannon
Montezuma ate here. (how to avoid or to cure diarrhea from eating food in strange lands)(People & Food)(Column)Sports and fitnessLeena Merritt
Moody 44.(sailboat)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessRickey Henderson
Morris 38.(sailboat)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessTed Brewer
Nootka remembered.(cruise to Nootka Island off British Columbia)Sports and fitnessJames Anderson
Of books and bilgewater.(solo cruise across the Atlantic)Sports and fitnessFrank Mulville
Offshore e-mail for cruising sailors.Sports and fitnessBert van den Berg
Oh baby, it's cold outside!(living aboard a boat during subzero weather)(includes information on boat covers)Sports and fitnessJean Wolfrum, Katy Burke
One with the oceans. (Argentinian adventurer and sailor Alberto Torroba)Sports and fitnessJames Baldwin
Panama sled.(yacht cruise off Panama)(includes information on charters)Sports and fitnessPamela Knight
Passagemakers' luck. (a new bread recipes resulted from a rush to prevent seasickness on a cruise, includes recipes)(Column)Sports and fitnessNancy Schwalbe Zydler
Recipes for electronic troubleshooting.(marine electrical repairs)Sports and fitnessVaughn Martin
Safety at sea.Sports and fitness 
Sailors adopt Mexican village. (work with Habitat for Humanity project)Sports and fitness 
Sailors' mecca.(Hamble Village, England)Sports and fitnessNim Marsh
Search and rescue costs and options. (marine rescue operations)(special section: Search and Rescue)Sports and fitnessEarl Hinz
Setting the date. (finally stop dreaming and begin to sail on family cruises)Sports and fitnessLane Darnton
Ships passing (safely) in the night.(Navigation)Sports and fitnessPoupette Smith
Shoal water options.(shallow draft sailboats)Sports and fitnessSteve Callahan
Shooting the water world.(waterproof cameras)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessPaddy Ryan
Simply delicious seafood.(includes recipes)Sports and fitnessPamela Power
South America or bust!(boating expedition on the Amazon River)Sports and fitnessRon Dwelle
Surviving dinghy adventures.(boating safety)Sports and fitnessMichael Greenwald
Sweet, sassy and southern. (cooking with Vidalia onions)(includes recipes)Sports and fitnessSarah Dworkin
Taking leave.(family yacht cruise)Sports and fitnessMary Trautman
Tasmania, the back of beyond.(includes related information on cruising in Tasmania and on the sailboat used in the cruise)Sports and fitnessErika Johnson
Terror on the Red Sea. (cruising couple captured by Eritreans; includes a government advisory about sailing in areas of military unrest)Sports and fitnessShirley Billing
Thanks to St. Jude. (refurbishing an old sailboat)(Old Boats)Sports and fitnessJoe Strummer
The 20-minute boat show survey.(includes tips on evaluating a sailboat's details)Sports and fitnessBruce Pfund
The adventures of Captain Concrete. (23-year boat construction project)Sports and fitnessTimothy F. Murphy, Cornelius Gelsavage
The best bareboat charter companies in the world.(readers' survey results)Sports and fitness 
The case of the doomed ketch 'Night Sound.' (includes information on safety measures)(special section: Search and Rescue)Sports and fitnessHerb McCormick, Ralph Naranjo
The good ship enterprise.(family on six-year schooner trip)Sports and fitnessCarl Mailhot
The killer wind: September is the most prolific hurricane month. Here's why last year was such a bad year, and why predictions for this year weren't quite so dire.(Hurricane!)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessDavid Shaw
The steel alternative. (steel hulls for yachts; includes related articles, and a list of sources)Sports and fitnessRalph Naranjo, Dave Martin, Geoff Payne
The thrill of the chill. (Arctic cruise)(Postcard from the Edge, part 4)Sports and fitnessAlvah Simon
The wild wild east. (sailing in the Baltic Sea; includes travel information)(Adventure Sailing)Sports and fitnessAlan Logan
Tips for a safe Canal passage.(cruising through the Panama Canal)(includes information on expected changes after Panama assumes responsibility for operation on Dec 31, 1999)Sports and fitnessKatherine Knight, Trish Lambert
To sailing school she goes. (all-women's sailing school)Sports and fitnessElizabeth Lutyens
Twister! (man boating in South Florida encounters a tornado)Sports and fitnessTor Pinney
Two-Meter ham radio is a VHF alternative.(marine communications)Sports and fitnessRick Muething
Under sail on the great Southern Ocean.Sports and fitnessHerb McCormick
Wet and woolly across the Gulf. (Gulf of Mexico)(Boat Delivery)Sports and fitnessKendall Shaw
"Where's the brake?"(slowing or stopping a sailboat)Sports and fitnessPauline Carr
Why the fuss about the new Kiwi boat inspection regulation. (New Zealand safety regulation)(special section: Search and Rescue)Sports and fitnessSteve Callahan, Earl Hinz
Workbench. (tips on sailboard maintenance and repair)Sports and fitnessBruce Bingham
Your personal guide to the Nova Scotia coast.(cruising guide)Sports and fitnessJohn McKelvy
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