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1. na ati P aA tr 001 al d rv MEU VEE TA aE We J stymie your cruising plans 36 Anchor windlass remote BY LESLIE LINKKILA AND PHILIP DINUOVO Marital harmony restored at a bargain non marine price 26 Rollaway square sail BY DARREN BOS hha Downwind sailing with a new tech nuance 55 BY ROGER HUGHES Seamanship skills 38 0 log 000 32 Taming a hanked on headsail ee Sa lifetime of memories A downhaul is a singlehander s foredeck crew BY CLIFF MOORE 44 When a rudder needs replacing Outsourcing and insourcing assure the best results BY DIANE SELKIRK AND EVAN GATEHOUSE Ma aki Ing it pay 56 Sailing for love and money A lifelong sailor supports her passion by chartering BY JOY SHERMAN l November December 2015 Good Old Boat 1 Pd ISSUE 105 1 2 6 ng r mem iac 50 Scarlett Life lessons from an early affair BY DON DAVIES ILLUSTRATION BY KATERINA DAVIES Creative alternatives 58 Battery a la carte Cooking up volts in the galley BY CONRAD COOPER On the cover When Paul Rezendes captured this photo of Mug Up a Bowman 46 yawl in Cookie Bite Cove on Bartlett Island on the coast of Maine he caused a whole series of events that resulted in a feature article by Gary Miller about Mug Up and her owner Mark Lacey See page 10 www audioseastories com DOAT NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2015 i2. E Zz Zz 0 77 _ gt tine fade fay plan for the day on board or ashore Ph 2 f 2 22 die tt 2 ad The evening entry is made just 27 a 1 oa Leal 7 FA Ax ey before bedtime and summarizes the heo faoa day on board as well as significant fs Fas 1 7 0 weed didiz activities ashore such as social West gt LH A lt 4 EA 427 ey tat Lie D wu 1 1 a la hrg plar events concerts and sightseeing Bee EN Ad i Pele 000 2 fell bey 2 2 ars OF hua 12 4 2 Auer GI 20 Au Cf 74 2 Chars ky Horty If an official comes on board we always request that he sign the log Ge noting the date and time This book Cragg otn om heh D 7 7 gel also serves as our journal to record feed gopa thoughts and impressions on where fei Arep we are how we got there what we en ap 0 Gly R 2 pe Os SS e BAA Vb F A 7 2 Page 40 Good Old Boat November December 2015 oS oe Joka d ARE SP jin NRE 72272 LS 2 207 C
3. 7 did that day and locals we met and their contact information 7 pe Pe ad q 1 The summary written at the end of every passage is extremely useful even years later for planning future passages www goodoldboat com It is so much fun to read about passages made in the past Several pages are reserved at the back of the book for significant postings These could be theater tickets bus or train schedules program cover pages restaurant receipts menus marina bills and almost anything worthy of future reference memories or proof of payment Passage entries When under way our navigation entries are regular and complete For weather we list barometer reading sky cloud cover wind direction and speed and sea state and direction Navigation information includes position destination true course speed distance to next waypoint and distance to destination sail combination rpm if under power hours accumulated while under power estimated fuel consumption and estimated hours of fuel remaining We keep proper watches and make log entries during the watch These entries begin with our current position at the start of the watch and include true course course to steer barometer reading weather wind strength and direction sea state and direction and taffrail log reading Headsail changes and reefing changes are also noted as are sightings of ships whales or anything else of interest Our DR
4. Azores It is our boat our book our writing but these words seem to have been written by someone else Seemingly innocuous entries trigger the memory The blanks fill in and the past comes alive as the scenes become once again familiar I look up to the bookshelf and smile Entr acte s log which began on her launch date April 1 1980 and tr a 7 o has continued uninterrupted to the present day now fills 37 beautifully 2 Sac bound volumes E E E At first glance these books seem to be a useless compilation by eM OF as someone with an obsessive compulsive disorder or perhaps simply the eee o affectation of a romantic We were in our mid 20s when we began the a f coo Log of Entr acte and we joked that these journals would be fun to read 7 z by the fire when we got old Well we re approaching 70 now and we 7 0 8 ae Er oe along with Entr acte are still under way I pause to think about logs BdA Hunan dotat wnt What are they really What treasures do they hold What should a log 00 AA ffa fum df yd a contain Are they really necessary Ne ee pad s Qll Af ua i ALAA A Aantal II AMLLO Ana AMY LLALA 0 The log from our first 186 0001 catboat Drummer Buoy was a simple all in one book each page an identical form with columns for every Thirty something years of cruising fills a yard or so of book
5. also documents dates of preventive maintenance LA Zz oes 00 oi Atel van NY Fuel Filth fue eier RAR Rags Aieka puck MA Sk 99169 DRAFT lol Peki Via 7 ka bi ger Jak Zinc AEA Dil Pretto at Lax 2 5 ZF ff 7 E DIKIT T 7 Wipes z LET d A EKO 22 7 AR 0 5910 fri hl fy NES 1y 1991 2 EA j s JS Pukthtsed fu 270 7 R Lite FAN 0 2 EA 4 ae Hr m I BA GATS GKY for 2 ah A 7 stuh fr W 7 min IILE Fed ae onw bgi I 1 TLD ty by M Miche 057004 Ppi ae UA khe a te LO Mp Bi 4 ion lt SHY FE GESI e EAA Jy 7 OW Kii Mok 2 73 lini Kite tenrek By 3 SADT LI TRAE 7222 0 7 Brankad CJT OCOS lt EU Corti LRKY CE JAN ke ho ds Dyre Pray Ok K 4 Fh CC pt oS gL E py oge HIT 300 rs AF Jt 73 Tzi Sz 14 MEHA wel WA Bo 77 ep 2 loc The engine log s inside cover is a trove of data An irreplaceable reference gt 8_ Nostalgia aside there are other less obvious uses for a log Research Perhaps you wish to repeat a passage or return to a harbor you visited some years ago Be
6. 5 Web sightings 71 Good old classifieds few ak with attitude spit and polish tips back issue backups and audio thrills Reflections l 77 A eulogy to Johnson 1 w from here A loyal uncomplaining member T Sailing with i ice of the crew Lettuce and cold drinks BY ALAN KEENE the frosting on the cruising cake BY KAREN LARSON 8 Classified i parrel balls and the Stone Horse Derby pAr 2 7 Simple solutions 66 A portable vise Turn any flat surface into a workbench BY CLIFF MOORE 67 Trap dirt and sand before they get on the mother ship BY CLIFF MOORE 68 A see through hatchboard Let there be light even in the cold and wet BY HENK GRASMEYER Se 0900000007 November December 2015 Good Old Boat 3 Seamanship skills i gt a ee 3 Bes a S Ka 5 0 Musie Librarp am sitting in front ofthe fre doing A daily duty records a lifetime of memories research for an upcoming ocean passage I like to study the passages of others What routes did they take Which BY ED ZACKO months Did they make good choices and more important did their planning result in a good passage I am lost in this book fascinated I have made this passage several times but the account I am reading bears little resemblance to what I remember Yet it is our very own log of Entr acte from 2005 our passage from Gibraltar to the
7. GOOD OLD BOAT www goodoldboat com Issue 105 November December 2015 Tay My 3 s gt 84 aA 0 4 ee ge 5 F wt w A gt A pe y 2 y _ i AA a 2 2 gt me aw 3 Se lt 1 5 5 gt 3 n 2 z e 3 8 5 3 te 5 5 35 c 9 8 Canada 8 con 12 62825 97035 7 ug 8 Ad pe foe ll ware a oN 2 O 10 Mug Up a a 46401 Bowman yawl A fine example of English lines and lineage BY GARY MILLER Da min boat c t comp arison 14 The Bowman 46 and partners from the era of split rigs BY ROB MAZZA 61 MacGregor 26D Fun and utility in a lightweight package BY TOM WELLS www audioseastories com a BEE 2015 ISSUE 5 0 ts 1 0 16 Mainsail Reefing 101 Variations on taking in a slab of sail Sail loft BY DON LAUNER 18 Sail repair essentials Don t let wear and tear cI 1 Ll 1
8. ar to remove grease and remount the drum is good insurance It helps to be reminded to do it The same goes for aluminum cleats fastened to the mast with stainless steel machine screws These screws should be removed and re installed periodically to prevent them from becoming permanently welded to whatever they touch When was the emergency watermaker last serviced What is the expiration date on the flares When did we last fill the tank for our cooking fuel or end for end the anchor wwweMantusAmthors www audioseastories com years and can manage a little time to sit by the fire we read the stories to each other We are reminded of the wind in the sails the landfalls and the excitement of arriving in a new port and meeting locals who became dear lifelong friends These volumes are real books not a virtual computer or tablet file We tried to keep an electronic log but as we made the same entries they seemed to disappear No we prefer books we can see touch feel and smell complete with the occasional old saltwater stains Or might they possibly be tears Our logs remind us of what cruising should be Each page is a day in the life of Entr acte If you maintain a log for your good old boat it will be a treasure Ed Zacko 15 a Good Old Boat contributing editor He and Ellen met while playing in the orchestra of a Broadway musical They built their Nor Sea 27 Entr acte from a bare hull and since 1980 have made fo
9. fective What would we do differently Anything of significance is noted while it is still fresh in our minds www audioseastories com 30 ev i lig Leu dlrs UE poe aoe frock Zi A a a wep khp Le BA fx PLE PO TIF ZA o maa Hio 71 Le ote Va See ye je With the above data we can reconstruct the entire passage either while under way or years later These pages have proven extremely valuable in planning future passages The engine log The engine log is dedicated solely to the maintenance and operation of the engine This has been the subject of good natured ribbing over the years You keep an engine log Yes we have a small hardbound journal that documents the engine from its initial installation in 1994 to the present day The inside front cover shows the engine s make model and serial number along with the date and place of installa tion the transmission brand serial number and gear ratio the shaft size propeller size diameter and pitch and brand and the size and part number of the Cutless bearing The inside back cover lists various settings valve clear ance torque settings and notes specifications and pages of the service manual most commonly referred to The final pages list commonly replaced parts by name along with their catalog number These include fuel filter oil filter water pump impeller belts bra
10. fore departing for Europe in 2003 we read our log from the 1983 passage which helped us correct our past blunders and have a much better trip We knew exactly where we were going and who we wanted to see when we arrived Where was the Bermuda Customs office It is in many ways like having our own personal cruising guide Memory is inaccurate Promises made at sea are soon forgotten in harbor Many times we spoke of a passage where nothing happened yet after reading the log of that passage we were surprised to find that it was not quite as uneventful as we remembered it Buying or selling a boat When buying or selling a boat a set of detailed logs will invariably be an asset would want to inspect the logs of 42 Good Old Boat previous owners especially the maintenance logs Here you will discover how and where the boat was used and how she handled and performed under various conditions Detailed accounts of her passages show how the vessel was Sailed and treated By reading the comments in the log you gain important insight into the actual performance characteristics of a vessel Were her miles easy or hard The maintenance logs speak for themselves No log no proof and possibly no maintenance Legal The ship s log provides legal documentation of events A U S Customs officer tried to charge us import duty on a new engine that was installed in a foreign country The burden of proof was on us and our eng
11. ga I move to another that details a particularly vile night beating up the coast of Panama and still another that in one short paragraph has captured the absolute wonder of our first celestial island landfall Perhaps this was not wasted energy after all As we sailed on we gradually matured into responsible sailors and our log evolved as well It bears little resemblance to that all in one book from Drummer Buoy 3 58 a 9 ets E ae BS Sul 1 2005 m a ES UC ts and sug Wh sob Lind IT pecker 77 Logs for everything Entr acte s log now comprises three separate books The primary volume is the actual ship s log The second book is a dedicated engine log The third is a maintenance log At first all of the information was in one book but it proved far too difficult to find critical information when we needed it Two years into our voyage we met with a container ship officer and discovered the benefits of separate dedicated logs Now finding critical information is a snap Without fail we make a log entry every single day that we are on board Each entry represents a day in the life of Entr acte The morning entry begins with a weather synopsis harbor sz 29 ap conditions and overnight events 3 OS 7 467 O aa 2 Z 27 ES Mia Oa The next entry usually outlines the
12. histicated boat and our goals were certainly more ambitious but we still did not take log keeping seriously I select volume one and open to 10 August 1981 departure day when we set out from Haverstraw New York to see the AL bh athe Hi boing Meee made our next entry In our defense we were excited completely exhausted from our preparations and very familiar with Long Island Sound Still in retrospect the lack of log keeping was irresponsible Our first serious offshore passage from Block Island to Chesapeake Bay was chastening Being a bit cavalier with our navi gational entries we mistook a lighted drilling ship for the New York City skyline and wasted hours in frustration and confusion These were the salad days before GPS and all navigation was a combina tion of coastal piloting and celestial navigation using the sun moon stars and planets We learned in dramatic fashion the absolute necessity of maintaining a good written DR dead reckoning As we traveled farther we met the serious cruisers those long timers with tens of thousands of miles under their keels We were the kids who clearly needed some help and we absorbed all the advice that was offered Foremost of their suggestions was the obligation to keep a proper log Inspecting the logs of these pros was impressive not only for their regularity but for the detail Hal Roth s entries were those of a military ves
13. ine log saved the day Fiji Customs actively prosecutes boats that anchor in Fijian waters before officially clearing into the country The day we arrived three boats were fined and our officer was out for blood Did you stop and anchor anywhere along the way before you arrived here presented our logbook He looked November December 2015 at it carefully smiled and said Thank you A yacht collided with a tugboat and several people were killed The port officials decided that our friends had caused this collision but their detailed log proved that they were hundreds of miles away from that location at the time the incident occurred A yacht is allowed to stay Europe duty free for a maximum of 18 months Sail over to Morocco and return to Europe and you get a new 18 months Likewise if the crew are in Spain for more than 183 days they become liable for income tax With Europe being by and large a free travel zone passport stamps into and out of each country have become a thing of the past so your log might well be the only proof that you did not overstay your time Passports and clearance papers are sometimes not enough As one official cautioned us Sometimes you can never have enough proof Will your log actually be believed The more regular consis tent detailed and professional your entries the more likely it is your log will be accepted www goodoldboat com Pulls s
14. is constantly maintained updated and plotted on a paper chart Every significant course change is logged and plotted along with the time of change Despite the use of GPS experience has taught us that electronics fail suddenly and without warning at very inopportune times so it is vital to have written down the compass course you are trying to steer We note changes in wind speed and direction as well as sea state and direction If we take in or shake out a reef we note it in the log along with the time At the conclusion of each watch the watchkeeper writes a summary of the watch along with specific instructions for the new watch such as cautions pertaining to events past and instructions for resolving present events like ships on the horizon or impending landfall Verbal instructions are not remembered well by the new watch coming out of a sound sleep written instructions are best Once the anchor is down and secure we note the exact position along with bottom conditions and a brief description of the effectiveness of the anchorage in case we choose to visit it again someday At the conclusion of each passage we write a passage summary What went well What went wrong Did our tactics work What percentage of time did the wind blow from each direction and what point s of sail were we on What percentage of the time was under power How much fuel was used How much remains Which sail combinations did we use and which were most least ef
15. nd size and number thermostat and so on This format minimizes a lot of digging through the manuals when it s time to do maintenance The body of the engine log details actual engine events Every part installation belt change and repair is documented by date and hour meter reading and every part number with place of purchase address phone number and cost Fuel is logged according to engine hours with hourly consumption noted and compared to past runs Likewise with oil the weight and brand are noted and consumption or lack thereof is compared to previous runs We log how much battery water was added and how many hours elapsed between battery top ups If any of the above figures show a marked change that s a reason to look into things to avoid surprises November December 2015 Good Old Boat 41 Seamanship skills The ship s log Thanks to these records we know exactly how much fuel we use at various rpm settings and conditions We can accurately gauge our consumption throughout a passage reducing the chance of running out of fuel before we arrive in port Maintenance log This book is a simple tabbed journal Each section is dedicated to various items on board watermaker and survival watermaker galley rig dinghy and outboard sails winches and deck gear charts which are on board and which are needed computer life raft and ditch bag The maintenance log holds a record of repairs due to breakdown and
16. sel and the rest of the book a veritable time capsule I select volume three and begin a delightful walk through Entr acte s history and our life with her I open to a random page n Ms teas world 0700 Left right on time l We have laughed a lot about that entry over the years Just what ham were we on time for and why was it so important to leave on time 2 E CPL Zs One week and a hundred miles east on Long Island Sound we SI 200 og r NG www audioseastories com November December 2015 Good Old Boat 39 Seamanship skills The ship s log Entr acte s log pages are filled with postcards stamps local currency receipts from restaurants with prices quotes from friends along the way and any other information Ed and Ellen deem of interest and might wish to remember for future reference wor 5 Bahamas 3 4 wo 2 40 Gee exe y March 21 2005 and am reminded what it was like to cruise on a shoestring a night on the town in Spain when we split one beer and one tapa 60 cents between us We stretched it out for three hours before drinking up and going home The entry also mentioned how happy we were In another volume we are suddenly in Tonga playing with The Hausia Brothers Band before the King of Ton
17. shelf in Ed and Ellen s pied a terre in Arizona at top Entr acte s ship s log is a simple 101 x 8 hard bound lined office journal Ed and Ellen buy several at a time to ensure uniformity and make certain they do not run short Their inside pages at right are filled with details of every day that passed on board 1 j 1 1 2 04 A 3 3 1 38 Good Old Boat November December 2015 www goodoldboat com Each volume s cover page is a work of art depicting the destinations covered in that particular book conceivable phase of boat operation maintenance and navigation Just fill in the blanks as you sail on Included in this book was a guest log basic piloting instructions a Beaufort Scale to judge the wind barom eter instructions for predicting weather and hurricane survival advice presumably for when we failed to predict the weather properly Our entries when we made them were simple and to the point but lacking in narrative But Drummer Buoy was avery simple boat and our cruising in her was simple Thanks to Drummer Buoy and inspired by the writings of Lin and Larry Pardey the cruising bug bit hard We built Entr acte in our backyard quit our jobs and with very little money set out to see the world in complete charge of our boat and our destiny A Nor Sea 27 Entr acte may have been a more sop
18. t Jm 2 Kad leri Corb feos 434 21 A 2 3 Ella 3 3 J E G hepat dimit FSS ue ee e 1 E ral a r eae 7 a 2 a et rode The list seems endless With hundreds ALG m of things to maintain how does one keep a hie ID lt lt ae track Time passes swiftly and the timing of l whee s s 8 events and routines gradually blends together i A A UE Without a written record these small but vital oe TaN SS CT iobs can be neglected AE s i 8 KAN ie J 221 1 Eggi Treasured memories te J Thanks to our logs all of our adventures are 5 E documented Now as we approach the golden one a 5 N 1 Ki i 6 a 37 Jp 1 3 i and the inside pages detail every maintenance task performed and the date Our anchor windlass is an example The aluminum warping drum is mounted onto a steel shaft Dissimilar metals combined with endless saltwater dunking present a real danger that the drum could become permanently corroded to the shaft With the drum seized to the shaft I would be unable to dismantle the windlass for repair and it would become a total loss After a few close calls I concluded that to take 10 minutes each ye
19. ur transatlantic and one transpacific crossing Entr acte is now based in Seville Spain where Ellen and Ed are happily sailing in and around the Mediterranean and playing in the jazz clubs of Spain France and Morocco When not on board Entr acte they heave to in Phoenia Arizona where they maintain a busy concert schedule throughout the Southwest U S Follow them on www enezacko com _ MOOK her HARD KEEP HER SAFE ae Sa com 7 November December 2015 Good Old Boat 43
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