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  • Resisting Wear & Tear
  • Solar Panel Output
  • New Engine Sea Trial
  • Chafe Prevention
  • Battery Check
  • Motoring in a Storm

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  • Lightweight Leads
  • DIY Dyneema Fairlead
  • No More Soggy Toes
  • Buttoning Up
  • Cockpit Drains
  • Engine Erector Set

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  • Ultimate Boat Bucket
  • Replacing Halyards
  • Stern Anchoring
  • The DIY Tiller Lock
  • Shoe Goo for Sailors
  • Engine Essentials

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  • Cat Concerns
  • Buying a Used Cat
  • Bulkhead Rebuild
  • Better Winch Grip
  • Self-tailing Alternative
  • Calculating Friction
  • Cape Dory Rebuild V

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  • Slime Patrol
  • Photo Finish
  • The Big Boat Bet
  • Comparing Cost
  • Reefing Protocol
  • Rebuilding a CD36

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  • Line Bags and Hooks
  • Pockets Versus Bins
  • Skip the Chandlery
  • Head for the Hills
  • Boatyard Fires
  • Revising the Sail Plan

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  • AC Power Safety
  • 15-amp Standard Void
  • Scary Shorepower
  • Boom Brake Myths
  • Cape Dory Makeover
  • Storm from Nowhere

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  • Cruising Canvas
  • DIY Custom Canvas
  • Shady Options
  • From a Bare Hull
  • Ringing Endorsement
  • Jib Leads that ‘Float’

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  • Building Micro-skills
  • Anchoring Hacks
  • Disposal Dilemma
  • Jib Leech Telltales
  • Why Winter Afloat?
  • The Year in Review

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  • Work Gloves to Last
  • A Handy Guide
  • Speedy Stitcher Test
  • Sewing Choice
  • Bungie Hooks
  • Ethanol Answers

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