In its own way this may have been the most important in-the-water exhibit at this year's Annapolis show. No salesmen, ho hype---just a team of riggers changing out the standing rig on a 30-year-old Westsail 32. What was significant was the material they were using. No wire, no toggles, no turnbuckles. Instead all the...
There are worse fates to be endured in this workaday life than getting to sail a new J/Boat with Al Johnstone on a gorgeous fall day on Narragansett Bay. Conditions were just about perfect: bright sunshine with a brisk southwesterly blowing 15-18 knots and looking to get brisker. Al, who designed our ride, the...