I set off on my first of two solo Atlantic crossings in mid-October ’83 from Plymouth, returning to the UK in September ’84. The second trans-Atlantic crossing was in November ’86, from Falmouth to the Canary Islands, then farther south from the Caribbean to South America, where I sold her in Antigua.
After buying the Hurley, we sailed her across the Channel quite a few times in strongish winds to determine if she was a good sea-boat. We then worked out what would be needed for longer trips across the Atlantic and made the following improvements:
• Removed old anti-fouling paint
• Removed her small sea-toilet.
• Blocked off the head’s two seacocks.
• Fitted larger hoses and seacocks; both crossed for better cockpit drainage.
• Hinged both aft-cockpit locker lids and made them watertight.
• Fitted a small Hasler windvane, fitted small wooden bumkins and new running blocks in the cockpit.
• Replaced the gas cooker with a second-hand Taylors twin stove.
• Rerigged twin inline forestays and twin backstays; fitted a triangular plywood pad in the bow to support my forestays.
• Made storm boards for the fore-hatch and side-hatches out of 1-inch plywood with 2 x 2 softwood lengths of wood with bolts and wing nuts to hold them in place. Made top main hatch washboard out of Perspex and washboards able to lockdown in case of a 360-degree rollover.
• Fitted a second bilge pump next to original in the starboard aft cockpit locker.
• Fitted two larger batteries in the bilge (both sealed leadacid of 88 and 120 amp-hours). Bought a Kawasaki generator to fit where the head was, charging A/C as well as DC. (Used the battery charger on A/C, which charged the batteries faster.)
• Bought two light rowing sweeps and practiced using them.
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A HEAD FOR RUBATO
I dislike port-a-potties. I'm not too fond of poop in any form, really, being non-scatological by nature.
THE ARTFUL SAILOR
Ain' nothin' new about using sails as nautical billboards. The ancients painted all sorts of signs and symbols on their sails.
Twin Keels
OUT WIHUEIRIJE with Howard Rice
Cedar Key 2022 Windy Boat Meet
Cartop Cruising
A New Trailer
THE BIGHTS
PLAN STUDY: Fancy Free
If you're looking for a simple and inexpensive cruising sailboat with traditional character, our FANCY FREE should fill the bill. The sharpie-dory hull with flat-bottom, hard-chine form is ideal for the amateur.
BOAT REVIEW: Rhodes 22 Revisited)
Overlooked by the masses, admired by owners—there are good reasons the Rhodes 22 has been in production for over a quarter century.
Another Favorite Mod
The always creative Tom Luque sent us details on one of his favorite modifications
BLOODY TUESDAY
“Although the author if indeed he even used his real name) calls this story fiction, we arent so sure. You be the judge. Eds
CRUISING ISLE ROYALE
I sle“ Royale on Lake Superior is one of my favorite places to cruise. Established as a National Park in 1931, Isle Royale is located about 20 miles off the North Shore of Lake Superior near the Minnesota/Canadian border.