A Homebuilt Hard Dodger For New Zealand Sailboat Mai Tai

by John June 20, 2008
The hard dodger on Lane and Kay Finley's  Annapolis 44 sailboat, Mai Tai.

After reading about our hard dodger, very experienced live aboard voyagers Lane and Kay Finley sent along a detailed description of their hard dodger, complete with photographs. The advantage of theirs over ours is that it is all hard with glass windows; much stronger and pretty much maintenance free. On the other hand, I like [...]

Clear The Decks For Action

by John February 25, 2011
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I’m a big time fan of the Aubrey/Maturin series about the days of sailing warships. As often mentioned in these books, the best captains, the ones that brought their ships home in one piece and vanquished their foes at sea, were holy terrors for clear decks. Times have changed but the sea has not and [...]