Cruising World 1998 - Abstracts

Cruising World 1998
TitleSubjectAuthors
Adrift beneath the Big Sky. (sailing to Rangiroa or 'Immense Sky')Sports and fitnessJohn Ferguson
Adventures with Cruising World. (six new voyages for 1999)(Charters: The Place to Find the Best Sailing Vacations in the Cruising World)Sports and fitness 
A home-sewn solution to sunbeams and raindrops. (awning for boats)(Canvas Project)Sports and fitnessKim Des Rochers
Albatross oasis. (Bird Island in South Georgia, Falkland Islands)Sports and fitnessPauline Carr, Tim Carr
A lifetime "inside the same dot." (television broadcaster's love for sailing)(The Sailing Life)Sports and fitnessHugh Downs
A Marina Hemingway holiday. (Marina Hemingway, Cuba)(includes related article on the attractions of the marina)Sports and fitnessCharlotte Gervais
A mission in Mayreau. (visit to the Caribbean island of Mayreau)(includes recipes)Sports and fitnessHelen Reed
A new case for New Zealand.Sports and fitnessBill Pontius
An island to ourselves. (searching for the perfect island)Sports and fitnessBill Portius
Anyone for a cuppa? (boat living)Sports and fitnessLaura Hacker-Durbin
A potluck odyssey. (allure of living in the Cook Islands National Park Suwarrow Atoll)(includes account of author Tom Neale's stay in the island)Sports and fitnessJohn Ferguson
A question of balance. (boat enthusiast survives a nervous disease to circumnavigate the glove)Sports and fitnessMasato Fujimura
A visit to the waters of my youth: a Chesapeake son sails "home" to tip his hat to his small-town-America family.Sports and fitnessLarry Brown
A voice of reason. (installation of VHF Digital Selective Calling systems in all boats in accordance with the Global Marine Distress Signalling System directive of the International Safety of Life at Sea treaty)Sports and fitnessChuck Husick
A whole new boat race.(Around Alone 1998-99)Sports and fitness 
Back to basics.(Special Safety at Sea Issue)Sports and fitnessWendy Boettcher
Beachcomber: thin-water thoroughbred. (sailboat)Sports and fitnessMichael Walsh
Beauty, solitude and a steady breeze. (Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba)(includes related article on essential equipment and supplies in cruising Lake Winnipeg)Sports and fitnessLeslee Jacquette
Beckoned by the big island. (top ten sailing destinations in Hawaii)Sports and fitnessCarolyn Mehaffy, Bob Mehaffy
Belay that chart! (losing items such as a nautical chart while sailing)Sports and fitnessJennifer Smart
Beyond safety: it's in your attitude.Sports and fitnessHugh Marriott
Beyond the pail. (Environmental Protection Agency's 'no-discharge zone' regulation)(Editorial)Sports and fitnessBernadette Bernon
Cat confessions: after a year of cruising Europe on a catamaran, a former "monomaran" sailor mulls the pros and cons of cruising on two hulls.Sports and fitnessDetlef Jens
Charters: the place to find the best sailing vacations in the world. (guide to chartered trips)Sports and fitnessElaine Lembo
Charting in transition. (nautical charts)Sports and fitnessJohn Bonds
Chasing the ghosts of Pitcairn's past: an old South Seas hand remembers his youth on an idyllic Pacific isle. There, he made an amazing discovery. (includes related article on Pitcairn)Sports and fitnessT. Winston Williams
Cohabiting with your chemical companions.(Special Section: The Big Spring Fix)Sports and fitnessKnick Pyles
Communicate like a pro: use refined hand and voice signals to ensure that onboard instructions are clearly given and understood.Sports and fitnessBill Biewenga
Cruising into Curlew's next century. (100-year-old sailboat)Sports and fitnessPauline Carr, Tim Carr
Crunching numbers for a quality cruiser.Sports and fitnessJohn Holtrop
Dreaming of chocolate. (a disastrous cruise to New Zealand)Sports and fitness 
Dumb bloody luck. (personal narrative of sailing to Alaska from California)Sports and fitnessJames Blomsness
Earning stripes. (family sailing teaches responsibility)(Off Watch)Sports and fitnessSylvia Fox
Equipment report: the ace of spades? (introduction of the Spade anchor)(Product Announcement)Sports and fitnessAdrian Faulkner
Fast lane to Hawaii. (cruising)Sports and fitnessBarbara Marrett
Flood on the Rio Guadiana. (river between southern Spain and Portugal)Sports and fitnessDavid F. Gibbons
French connection. (Mediterranean cruise)Sports and fitnessWilliam Storandt
From layman to craftsman. (counter top construction)Sports and fitnessJoseph O'Flynn
From outer space to cyber space. (tips on weather forecasting)Sports and fitnessJoseph S. McDowell
Fuel for thought. (liquid propane system in boats)Sports and fitnessJohn Kaufman
'Get the sails down! We're going to hit!' (sea accident)(includes related article on prop shaft maintenance)Sports and fitnessDonald Innis
Great vacations under sail: results of Cruising World's 1998 reader opinion poll.Sports and fitnessJeremy McGeary, Lynda Morris Childress, Jane Tracy
Hands-on sailor.(Special Safety at Sea Issue)(rescue-towing techniques)Sports and fitnessGeorge Reig
Hands-on sailor. (tips in repairing motorboats)Sports and fitnessJoyce Tickel
Home is the sailor. (insights on life at sea from a seafaring couple who decided to establish a residence on land)Sports and fitnessDalia Liddiard
How not to be run down. (part 1)(tips in preventing sea collisions)Sports and fitnessBill Band
How reliable is your GPS? (Global Positioning System)Sports and fitnessSteve Salmon
Just another day at the office. (boat delivery captain)Sports and fitnessAndrew Burton
Keys sailing is serious business.(Special Safety at Sea Issue)(Florida Keys)(Abstract)Sports and fitnessElaine Lembo
Local knowledge: go there, do that. (tips for visitors to Maine)(A Passage Down East)Sports and fitnessCurtis Rindlaub
Long Island Sound: 'a cask of good liquor.' (includes related article on boat-related events)Sports and fitnessTony Muldoon
Maintenance: fuel for life. (need to keep the fuel of marine diesel engines free from contamination)(Hands-on Sailor)Sports and fitnessSteve C. D'Antonio
Make sure you're in trouble. (experience of sleeping in a vacant boat without permission and jumping in the water when a dinghy appeared to be headed his way)(Cruising Rules)Sports and fitness 
Make the delivery connection. (how to find delivery positions and what to expect after finding them)Sports and fitnessNim Marsh
Marmaduke's Pub (1968-1998).Sports and fitnessJack Sherwood
Meet George, your greatest ally. (autopilots)(includes related article on installing an integrated autopilot drive)Sports and fitnessSteve D'Antonio, Joe C. Minick
Midway Atoll: "from guns to gooneys."Sports and fitnessCarolyn Mehaffy, Bob Mehaffy
'More than just a dry place.' (family cruising expedition)Sports and fitnessDave Martin, Jaja Martin
Mutiny in Marathon. (family cruising expedition in Marathon, Florida) (includes related article on the Dockside Lounge)Sports and fitnessSusan Hitchcock
Navigation. (tips in preventing compass errors at sea)(includes related articles)Sports and fitnessGeorge H. Reid
New knots, odd knots, good knots. (technique for tying a rope)Sports and fitnessDavid Seidman
No more shake, rattle, and roll.(Special Safety at Sea Issue)(ways to eliminate noise in sailboats)Sports and fitnessDaryl May
Obtain latitude from Polaris.(Special Safety at Sea Issue)Sports and fitnessAndy Burton
Ode to the backyard boat.Sports and fitnessSusan Peterson
Of baboons, bolons, and banjul....(Special Safety at Sea Issue)(includes vital information for travelers Gambia)(Abstract)Sports and fitnessRosemarie Alecio
Olympic summer in Oz. (tips and routes for sailors heading for Sydney, Australia)Sports and fitnessAlan Lucas
One step back? (cruising)Sports and fitnessRod Kulbach
One tough tartan.(Special Safety at Sea Issue)(Tartan 4600 sailboat)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessAndrew Burton
Owner's profile. (Hunter Marine Corp.'s 25 anniversary celebration profiles Hunter Owners)Sports and fitness 
Oysters, Solomon-Islands style. (includes recipes)(People & Food)Sports and fitnessMarita M. King
Palmyra: a two-wreck week.(Island Paradise Island Paradox, part 2)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessCarl Reller
Palmyra, our own private paradise, in which we revel in the delights of the "most beautiful island in the Pacific." (includes related article on techniques in approaching and entering atolls)(Island Paradise Island Paradox, part 1)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessMark Smaalders
Precision passage. (sailboat 'Beowulf' crosses the Pacific Ocean)Sports and fitnessSteve Dashew
Provisioning for sushi. (includes recipe)Sports and fitnessAnn Dickerson
Riddle of the ice. (voyage on the Arctic coast)Sports and fitnessMyron Arms
Rites of passage. (the seafaring life of Wayne Carpenter and family)Sports and fitnessWayne Carpenter
Safety at sea: surviving the school of hard knocks.(Hands-on Sailor)Sports and fitnessBeth A. Leonard
Sailing South. (description of the Beaufort harbors in North and South Carolina)Sports and fitnessJohn Kettlewell
Sail survival in an ultraviolet world.(Special Safety at Sea Issue)Sports and fitnessBruce Empey
Saved by the net.(Special Safety at Sea Issue)(includes related article on single-sideband radios for long-distance sailing)(single-sideband networks)Sports and fitnessMarianne B. Scott
Seamanship. (tips in coastal shipping)Sports and fitnessHal Sutphen
See Jimmy run! (Jimmy Cornell, organizer of the largest successful cruising rallies in the world)Sports and fitnessBernadette Bernon
Setting course for Auckland.Sports and fitnessIvor Wilkins
Shakedown: get the latest on weather en route. (part 2)(includes a list of sources of weather information)Sports and fitnessMichael Carr
So long oceans. Thanks for all the fish. (dwindling fish resources)Sports and fitnessDean Travis Clarke
Soup from the angels. (recipe)Sports and fitnessMichael Greenwald
Stern-to an island.(Two Summer Journeys: British Columbia, part 2)Sports and fitnessJeffrey Briggs
Sydney confidential - the insider's guide. (Australia's Sydney Harbor Regulations for tourists visiting by boat)Sports and fitnessTheresa Biggelaar
Tackle the Great Lakes alone.(Special Safety at Sea Issue)(single-handed sailing)(Abstract)Sports and fitnessJean Starr
Technique: this flag halyard flies! (Hands-on Sailor)Sports and fitnessBill Seifert
The Atlantic 42 is a sailor's Catamaran. (Lombardi Yachts' new boat)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessPeter Hogg
The best-kept secret in the Pacific.(Special Safety at Sea Issue)(Wallis Island)(Abstract)Sports and fitnessSteve Salmon
The cool KATS of Coral Bay. (sailing and seamanship training program for children)Sports and fitnessFatty Goodlander
The devil is in the details. (small details affecting boat's performance create satisfaction among new owners)Sports and fitnessJohn Kettlewell
The hitchhiker's guide to the (cruising) galaxy.Sports and fitnessLars Hassler
The inside story. (cruising Maine's coastline made easy)(A Passage Down East)Sports and fitnessKen Textor
The need to knead. (bread baking)(includes recipes)Sports and fitnessCarolyn Hauser Corbett
The real costs.(Charters: The Place to Find the Best Sailing Vacations in the Cruising World)Sports and fitnessJane Tracy
The rebirth of "Illusion.".(Special Safety at Sea Issue)(renovating a used sailboat)(Abstract)Sports and fitnessCary Deringer
The sailor's "precious" metals. (includes related article on metals and their best uses)Sports and fitnessMichael Kasten
The short way across.(Special Safety at Sea Issue)(crossing the Atlantic Ocean singlehandedly on a 14-foot boat)Sports and fitnessSebastian Naslund
The sweets thereafter. (potluck dessert party)Sports and fitnessJosie Jackson
The thin-water alternative. (sailboats which can be anchored very close to shore)Sports and fitnessIda Little
The thrill of the grill. (grilling of food while on a cruise)Sports and fitnessMichael Greenwald
The way around the world. (history of Around Alone, a singlehanded sailboat race)(Around Alone 1998-99)Sports and fitness 
The wizard of wines. (wine consumption aboard sailboats)(includes recipe)Sports and fitnessRichard J. Palermino
They had the parking lot blues: hundreds of miles from home, their boat saddled with a bad case of blisters, a novice cruising family overcomes adversity.Sports and fitnessTheresa McCaskill
Through his eyes only. (multihull designer Jim Brown)Sports and fitnessRobby Robinson
Tips on life from a cruising wife.Sports and fitnessRebecca Sharp
Too close for comfort. (part 2)(story of an aborted sea collision)Sports and fitnessMalcolm McConnell
Trailer sailing.(Two Summer Journeys: British Columbia, part 1)Sports and fitnessGinny Walter
Trial by storm. (two sailboats bear the brunt of a storm in the Atlantic Ocean)(includes related article)Sports and fitnessRalph Naranjo, Joseph Brown
Westerly's Oceanquest 35.(Special Safety at Sea Issue)(new sailboat with a center cockpit)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessJohn Winder
Wind and wave on the wine dark sea.Sports and fitnessSylvio Dell'Accio
Working for the Horn: a sailor in a small boat from Alaska gets a southern latitude tutorial in williwaws, kelp and Patagonian beach parties.Sports and fitnessJamie Bryson
You can move immovable objects. (boat repair and maintenance)Sports and fitnessKen Textor
"Your boat sort of sank today...": by acting fast, a boatyard staff, slip neighbors, and this owner wrestled with the muck of a sinking boat and revived a drowned engine.Sports and fitnessDennis Gibbons
Zero hours daylight. (excerpt from Alvah Simon's book 'North to the Night' regarding his adventures in the Arctic)Sports and fitness 
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