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- Monohull Stability
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- A DIY Stability Curve?
- Incline Test Risks
- Toilet Treatments
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- Multihull Stability
- Solving Solvents
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- Tartan 33
- Stopping Wood Rot
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- Gear of the Year
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- Half-price Haulout
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- Self-sufficient Sailor
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- Valiant 40
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- PFDs for Extremes
- PFD Failures
- Life Jackets for Pros
- Deck Core Repair
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- Sailing Centerboard Boats
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- Performance by Design
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In 1978, Tartan brought out the Tartan Ten, a 33', fairly light, fractionally-rigged "offshore one design." The boat was a huge success: fast, easy to sail, and unencumbered by the design limitations of a rating rule. But the Tartan Ten had one big problem: limited accommodations with stooping headroom, an interior most kindly described as spartan. A hardy crew could take the Tartan Ten on a multi-day race such as the Mackinac, and you might even coax your family aboard for a weekend of camping out. But cruising or extended racing in comfort? Forget it!