Indholdsfortegnelse for April 2018 i Cruising World

If I’m lucky enough to be out sailing on a star-splashed night, the hunter, easy-to-spot Orion, is my go-to if I need a guide to steer by. During boat-show season in the German city of Düsseldorf, it is “The Tourist”, clad in his blue swim trunks, who helps me get my bearings. Bare chested, with a towel draped over his left shoulder, he is one of a handful of statues, called Stylites, by Christoph Pöggeler, that depict ordinary people working and living in the city. Each is whimsical, and several, like “The Tourist”, are on prominent display atop advertising pillars around town. With swim fins in hand, my talisman stands just down the street from the Messe, the sprawling trade-show complex on the banks of the Rhine River that’s home…

Lamen Bay is a shallow bight on the northwestern end of Epi Island, Vanuatu. There are cascading jungle vines, grottoes carved into rocks and dark-sand beaches lending the water a deep, tranquil turquoise. And it was in Lamen Bay that, after more than 11,000 miles underway, the wilderness began to deliver the high-octane thrills my husband, Dominic, and I were looking for. Snorkeling, we could watch turtles swim in pairs, dashing through schools of fish and startling each other. While we admired a swooping hawk from the paddleboard, a pink dugong the size of a small whale circled. We lingered in the bay for three nights to wait out a patch of foul weather in the forecast. Though punctuated by gloriously clear mornings, we spent two afternoons watching the clouds…

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4 tablespoons unsalted butter½ lb. Gruyere cheese, grated1 cup heavy cream½ teaspoon salt¼ teaspoon pepper1 ½ teaspoons dry mustard12 eggs, slightly beaten Preheat the oven to 325°F. Butter a 13-by-9-by-2-inch (or 12-by-2-inch round) baking dish. Spread the grated cheese in the bottom. Dot generously with butter. Mix the heavy cream with the seasonings and pour half a cup of the mixture over the cheese. With a fork or whisk, beat eggs just until whites and yolks are blended. Add to baking dish and then drizzle with the remaining half of the cream mixture. After 25 to 30 minutes, wiggle the dish. If the middle doesn’t jiggle, it’s done. Do not overcook! (If the middle still jiggles, keep cooking in two-minute intervals until done.) This dish should be firm enough to…

Cruising the waters of the U.S. East Coast on our 40-foot sailboat, Folly, we have willingly suffered the motoring required to transit the Intracoastal Waterway for the pleasure of experiencing the amazing wildlife, and especially bird life, on this journey. Over the past 15 years, my husband, John, and I have completed a circumnavigation in our Van de Stadt-designed sloop, built by ourselves in aluminum, but of all the waters we have visited, we are drawn back to one of our favorite cruising grounds — the eastern seaboard of the United States. Used to the coastal and freshwater flora and fauna of England, we’ve been delighted by the tropical and exotic (to us) species that we have encountered on our voyages between southern Florida and Rhode Island. Motoring close to…

Before working on any mast — unless it’s a crewed race boat with lots of muscle to haul me aloft — I much prefer to assemble my own rig-ascending setup as opposed to being dependent on a helper to help crank me up and down the spar. To do this, I use my bowman’s harness, which is essentially just a rock-climbing harness, and attach a block and tackle to it. I use a 3-to-1 purchase, meaning that I need roughly four times as much rope as the mast is long. In the case of Quiver, that meant buying about 200 feet of 5⁄16-inch double-braid polyester line. A 4-to-1 purchase is also quite useful; it merely costs and weighs a bit more, along with the additional rope required. There are many…

HALLBERG-RASSY 412 LENGTH OVERALL 41’5” (12.62 m)WATERLINE LENGTH 37’9” (11.51 m)BEAM 13’6” (4.11 m)DRAFT 6’7” (2.01 m)SAIL AREA (100%) 970 sq. ft. (90.1 sq. m)BALLAST 8,830 lb. (4,005 kg)DISPLACEMENT 24,400 lb. (11,068 kg)BALLAST/DISPLACEMENT 0.36DISPLACEMENT/LENGTH 202SAIL AREA/DISPLACEMENT 18.4WATER 142 gal. (537 l)FUEL 91 gal. (344 l)HOLDING (X2) 18.4 gal. (70 l)MAST HEIGHT 64’6” (19.66 m)ENGINE 75 hp Volvo, saildriveDESIGNER Germán FrersPRICE $590,000 Hallberg-Rassy 410-867-9022 hallberg-rassy.com SEA TRIAL WIND SPEED 10 to 11 knotsSEA STATE Some chopSAILING Closehauled: 7.3 knots Reaching: 5.3 knotsMOTORING Cruise (1,800 rpm) 6.8 knots Fast (2,400 rpm) 8 knots For a complete guide to Cruising World’s extensive online boat reviews and to request reprints from our older print archives of reviews, go to cruisingworld.com/ sailboats/sailboat-reviews.…

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Adriatic Sailing +385-1-3014-309 p.104Annapolis Bay Charters* 800-991-1776 p.107Atlantic Cruising Yachts 844 567-3087 p.111Barefoot Yacht Charters 784-456-9526 p.109The Catamaran Company 800-262-0308 p.102-103CYOA Yacht Charters 800-944-2962 p.111Kiriacoulis 800-714-3411 p.113The Moorings 800-669-6529 p.105Sail Caribe 866-866-4874 p.112San Juan Sailing 800-677-7245 p.112Southwest Florida Yachts 800-262-7939 p.113Tortola Marine Management Ltd. 800-633-0155 p.106BROKERS Ed Hamilton & Co. 800-621-7855 p.112Proteus Yacht Charters 877-256-9917 p.113 This directory is a list of charter companies advertising in this charter section; it is not an endorsement by the editors. Classified advertisers not listed. “Charter companies” listed maintain fleets of bareboats, and report that they maintain chase boats/personnel, carry liability insurance, return security deposits in 10 working days, deliver the boat contracted (or same size, type, age, condition or better), supply MOB gear and offer pre-charter briefings. “Brokers” are not affiliated with any…

Liz Clarks’ Swell is a delightful read for anyone yearning to cruise long-distance. As a fresh-faced 25-year-old surf champion, Clark set off from California 12 years ago to explore the best breaks and anchorages the world had to offer. In her colorful 320-page tome, flying fish “fall like a shower of silver into the sea” in an “ocean wilderness” painted with “mind-melting sunsets.” Ashore, “tall trees nod and rustle, as if gossiping while I pass.” The book is at once poetic and pragmatic, with vivid depictions of squalls and lightning storms, while she zigzags thousands of miles of sea, often alone. She tenaciously endured — and ultimately embraced — her trials, whether they included hard sailing or tackling endless repairs, all the while evoking her grandmother’s motto: “Life is hard…

As a frugal sea gypsy, I delight in telling people about all the expensive stuff they don’t need to go cruising. But you do need a boat, and now is an ideal time to buy one. Why? Because good cruising vessels have never been so available, so reliable and so affordable. If you are young, it’s the perfect time to go. Sailboats are ideal machines for transitioning from youth to adulthood. I purchased my first one at 15, and the responsibility of it caused me to morph from boy to man overnight. Once I’d spent a summer sailing the Great Lakes with my own tiller in my hand, I knew that freedom was my life goal, not corporate chains. I have, in essence, never looked back. It’s even better if…

Very few of us are brave enough to jump into the deep end of our wildest dreams, throw off our self-doubt and muster the courage to just do it. Nike Steiger is one of the few. Toiling away at her day job in Hamburg, Germany, Nike (pronounced nee-kay) had a dream of conquering one of her personal goals by sailing off into the sunset. The problem wasn’t her inexperience as a sailor or that she knew very little about the cruising lifestyle, it was simply that she didn’t have her own boat. That she would be untying the lines alone never entered into the equation. “I wanted to see what was out there, test myself and finally start what I had been fighting for.” She searched for several years before…

ALLURES 45.9 LENGTH OVERALL 48’5” (14.75 m) WATERLINE LENGTH 44’11” (13.7 m) BEAM 14’6” (4.43 m) DRAFT 3”6”/9”6” (1.06/2.90 m) SAIL AREA (100%) 1,076 sq. ft. (99.9 sq. m) BALLAST 10,538 lb. (4,780 kg) DISPLACEMENT 25,200 lb. (11,431 kg) BALLAST/DISPLACEMENT .41 DISPLACEMENT/LENGTH 124 SAIL AREA/DISPLACEMENT 20 WATER 110 gal. (420 l) FUEL 165 gal. (625 l) HOLDING 12 gal. (45 l) MAST HEIGHT 63’2” (19.27 m) ENGINE Volvo Penta D2-60 DESIGNER Racoupeau Yacht Design PRICE $550,000 Allures Yachting 206-378-1110 swiftsureyachts.com SEA TRIAL WIND SPEED 6 to 7 knots SEA STATE Calm SAILING Closehauled 3.3 knots Reaching 2.8 knots MOTORING Cruise (2,000 rpm) 6.0 knots Fast (2,400 rpm) 6.7 knots For a complete guide to Cruising World’s extensive online boat reviews and to request reprints from our older print archives of…

Sailors are a superstitious lot. For example, if you wish to drive a Frenchman into a fit of anger and dread, mention the word rabbit on a boat he is sailing. As legend has it, French sailors of yore stashed the fuzzy creatures in the holds of their wooden ships for fresh meat on their voyages, which was fine until the rabbits started eating the caulk, which led to, you know, sinkings. Truthfully, if you wish to keep a French yachtsman your friend, never, ever utter the word in his presence at sea. They take the matter very, very seriously. I’ve had my own bouts with superstition over the years. Once, many moons ago, while crossing the Atlantic with legendary British sailor Robin Knox-Johnston, I was happily driving, alone on…

St. Martin Is Back Need a sailing vacation? Try St. Martin! The Moorings and Sunsail recently opened a new base at Marina Fort-Louis. “Nothing could have prepared us for the devastation that September’s hurricanes brought to St. Martin, but we couldn’t be more thrilled to invite charterers back to one of our most popular destinations, and from a brand-new base location in a world-class marina,” says Josie Tucci, vice president of sales and marketing. cruisingworld.com/1804stmartin Where Is Webb? Intrepid small-boat circumnavigator Webb Chiles has had a change of plans on his latest attempt to circle the globe. “There are those who will say that I am through. They may be right. I am 76 years old. I should have been through long, long ago. Everyone else is. But I am…

Rum. It’s the classic sailor’s spirit, so what could be more appropriate than a group of island-bound sailors visiting a rum distillery? Well, what if that distillery is owned by a pair of sailors in the same town that legendary pirate Blackbeard once lived in? I had arranged a tour of Scotts Point Distillery (scottspointdistillery.com) in Bath, North Carolina, for the Sail to the Sun ICW Rally members during their layover at Dowry Creek Marina. This tiny craft distillery, in business for the past few years and only bringing out product for sale since January 2017, is one of the many new craft distilleries in the region. Pamlico Rum is made in small batches of U.S.-sourced ingredients, then aged from six months to two years in charred oak barrels previously…

Ahush consumed the entire maneaba, a Kiribati meeting hut. My lovely wife, Heidi, and I sat crisscross on the dirt floor, fidgeting awkwardly, keenly aware that all the villagers were staring at us in disapproval. A few moments earlier, Heidi and I had been chatting enthusiastically about our previous day’s fishing catch, and how we had enjoyed cooking it up over a beach fire in the nearby cove. A villager had asked, “Where did you get your wood?” “From the beach. There were plenty of sticks,” I responded. And now here we were, in an awkward silence, our sins about to be conveyed to us by one of the elders. What had I done this time? I admit, I had a particular aptitude for faux pas when it came to…

HOPE sailed east across the North Atlantic in the stable evening conditions about 600 miles from St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, a third of the way to Dingle, Ireland. Skipper Michael Leland, a retired orthopedic surgeon from Valparaiso, Indiana, was in a state of Zen, preparing another magical meal in the galley using containers of various ingredients — most of which I’d inventoried before leaving Newfoundland and listed as “unknown: twigs, seeds and floor sweepings.” Michael’s magic in the galley complemented the spirit of the open sea. Wafting upward among the aromas from the galley below came another unbelievable proclamation attributing some great social credit to Michael’s ancestors, the Vikings. Not as grandiose as inventing fire, as he attested, but nearly as improbable. Within moments, one of us called out, “Bullshit.”…

Reaching out of the channel in a moderate breeze, Quiver leaned on her big, overlapping genoa and accelerated up to hull speed. Surrounded by a fleet of vessels of similar speed, we had managed a clean and conservative start to our first Friday night beer-can race on my new-tome cruising yacht. The headsail was eased and furled slightly before we reached the final red channel marker. As I turned up, the mainsail was trimmed in and the now-smaller jib sheeted home. Quiver powered up, heeled over and took off upwind. The Doug Peterson-designed 34-footer was clearly in her element when going uphill, and I looked forward to working our way through the fleet on the long port-tack beat toward Oahu’s Diamond Head. Mere seconds after going hard on the wind,…

Loosely clasp a spare hose clamp a foot up the hose from the connection to any fitting so that it’s handy in an emergency. Label each throughhull with a plastic tag for easy problem solving, or so others aboard can quickly identify it. On launch day, have all of the floorboards up so that a quick glance will tell you if the bilge is dry, and be sure to have easy access (and tools at hand) for checking the stuffing box. Use your phone’s camera on video or still photo to look in difficult-to-see places like under the engine’s oil pan. An inexpensive thermometer gun, known as an infrared pyrometer, can help diagnose troublesome areas on moving parts, including abnormal friction or clogged circulation ports. Place a couple of drops of…

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE While there are many manufacturers of paste form-a-gasket materials, Permatex is among the most well-known. The company founder made his first forma-gasket material, used to prevent blowouts on the head gaskets of early race cars, in 1915. Permatex makes a wide range of gasket products, and while the “liquids cart” in my shop includes a dozen examples, I’ve used the following products to meet most of my machinery-sealing needs ashore and afloat. High-Temp Red: This paste, rated to 650 degrees Fahrenheit, will dry in one hour and is fully cured in 24 hours. I’ve used this for general sealing applications for 40 years. It resists coolant, water, automatic transmission fluid and oil, and comes in a squeeze tube. It can be used to make or replace a pre-cut…

BENETEAU 51.1 LENGTH OVERALL 52’4” (15.95 m)WATERLINE LENGTH 47’8” (14.53 m)BEAM 15’9” (4.8 m)DRAFT 7’7” (2.31 m)SAIL AREA (100%) 1,011 sq. ft. (93.9 sq. m)BALLAST 7,485 lb. (3,395 kg)DISPLACEMENT 30,702 lb. (13,926 kg)BALLAST/DISPLACEMENT 0.24DISPLACEMENT/LENGTH 127SAIL AREA/DISPLACEMENT 16.5WATER 116 gal. (439 l)FUEL 53 gal. (201 l)HOLDING (X3) 21 gal. (79 l)MAST HEIGHT 70’1” (21.36 m)ENGINE 110 hp Yanmar, shaft driveDESIGNER Berret Racoupeau Yacht Design/ Nauta DesignPRICE $630,000 Beneteau 410-990-0270 beneteau.com SEA TRIAL WIND SPEED 10 to 11 knotsSEA STATE Some wavesSAILING Closehauled: 7.4 knots Reaching: 7.4 knotsMOTORING Cruise (2,100 rpm) 7.9 knots Fast (2,800 rpm) 8.6 knots For a complete guide to Cruising World’s extensive online boat reviews and to request reprints from our older print archives of reviews, go to cruisingworld.com/ sailboats/sailboat-reviews.…