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What a drag!
Jun 2004 p180  (1.00 pages)
Category: Humour
Author: Andy Liney
Description: Confessions
How I cruised 60 miles with my anchor deployed
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More less drag
Jul 2001 p85
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Bar graph comparing hydrodynamic drag
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Less drag; less weight
Jun 2001 p102
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Dynalift stepped hull for less drag and revised epoxy laminate for less weight (keywords: Marine Dynamics, High Modulus of Auckland)
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A hull lot of bother
Dec 2011 p112  (1.00 pages)
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British boaters' new life down under promised new cruising opportunities, but instead proved to be a real drag.
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Hull resistance
Jan 1997 p46  (2.00 pages)
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Description: Going About Speed, Ratio, Drag
Speed bonny boat - an efficient boat isn't necessarily one with a startling turn of speed, Devillish drag - 'hull resistance', Skinny dipping - Skin drag is easy to comprehend, Making waves - nothing is created without cost.
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Which anchor works best for you?
Dec 2010 p70-71  (2.00 pages)
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Author: Nigel Calder
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How often does your anchor drag? Would you trust it to hold while you spend an evening ashore? Do you need several? Pros and cons of anchor types - CQR, Delta, Fisherman's anchor, Bruce, Rocna and Manson, Danforth and Fortress.
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A night in drag
May 2006 p34-35  (2.00 pages)
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Author: Mac McDiarmid
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Running for shelter off the West Coast of Scotland, Mac found a popular anchorage and made doubly sure his Rival 32, Morwenna, was going to stay put.
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Drag race
Aug 2009 p92-93  (2.00 pages)
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Category: Handling / Practical
Author: Tony Jones
Description: Boatmaster skills - What now skip?
The anchor has dragged, leaving you precariously poised. What would you do?
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Dragging Anchors
Aug 1995 p85  (1.00 pages)
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Category: Seamanship & safety / Practical, maintenance & repair
Description: Hands On - Dragging anchors
How to minimise anchor drag, and four main ways to check you're not dragging.
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Slip of the hand
Aug 2009 p128  (1.00 pages)
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Description: This boating life - Confessions
How can so much go wrong within a distance of four miles?
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We dragged our anchor 40 miles
Jun 2003 p104-106  (2.50 pages)
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Learning curve: Anchor dragging experience
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In praise of the kedge anchor
Sep 2009 p72-75  (4.00 pages)
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Making a case for the overlooked and frequently underused kedge anchor, and where and when it can be so usefully deployed
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new gear, this year
Nov 2001 p93-95
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Confessions
Jul 2009 p136  (1.00 pages)
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This boater's guilt gets the better of him after years of silence
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The anchor... and how to survive it
Jun 1992 p68  (3.00 pages)
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In the first of an occasional series taking an alternative look at seamanship, John writes about the anchor. 'It felt as if I was sitting at traffic lights and trying to frighten old ladies towing wicker baskets...We were not in gear.'
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Oh, what a drag!
Feb 2009 p42-44  (3.00 pages)
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Learning Curve: Violent Biscay crossing in a Bavaria 38 has Cathy blessing her husband for packing an 'unnecessary' drogue
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Skipper's Tips
Dec 2011 p34-35  (2.00 pages)
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Author: Tom Cunliffe
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yachtmaster tip - Tension up. Think before you grind. More scope. A right drag. Yes, we have no bananas. Tight as a drum.
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No news is good news - or is it?
Aug 2012 p31  (1.00 pages)
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GPS trackers, such as these from Garmin and Yellowbrick, are a boon for anxious families, but they drag long-distance sailors back into our neurotically overconnected world.
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Reasons to be cheerful
Dec 2006 p35  (1.00 pages)
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Ever the Optimists; High-rise unhandsome; Rich quips; Volvo; Drag racing
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Rally Portugal
Sep 2000 p96  (5.00 pages)
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While the rain poured down at home, a fleet of 28 yachts crossed the Bay of Biscay and cruised down the Portuguese coast to the sunshine of the Mediterranean. Miles Kendall joined YM's Rally Portugal and found a country and a people eager to be discovered
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Lock your prop or let it spin?
Jul 2012 p68-70  (3.00 pages)
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Frauscher 1017 GT
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Drag your jaw up from the floor and discover one of the best-kept secrets in boating.
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Skipper's Tips
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snippets of useful tips - Look abeam, Cutting close to a buoy, Don't polish your sextant, The right way to leave a raft, Swing those halyards, Drying out alongside a pontoon, Calibrate your depth sounder. - Tom also explains Drag and Transom.
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Ask the experts
Mar 2013 p40-42  (3.00 pages)
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To have and to hold
Feb 1995 p62-64
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Author: Anthony Palmer
Description: Practical seamanship - Learning curve
Anthony finds himself in an exposed anchorage witnessing near-misses as a parade of yachts drag their anchors.
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Cut above the rest - Rope-cutters
Sep 2011 p92-96  (4.00 pages)
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An essential prop protector or an unnecessary drag on fuel consumption? We snip through the ins and outs of rope-cutters.
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Leading Edge
Nov 2010 p49  (1.00 pages)
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Standing rigging is a drag. How to reduce this is the latest issue to exercise the minds of top racing designers. Aerofoil-shaped fairings to fit over the standing rigging is one new development
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Blade runners
Dec 2005 p76-80  (5.00 pages)
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A Question of Seamanship
Dec 1993 p61-63  (3.00 pages)
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Turning short. Harbour hotspot - Hard and fast. A question of seamanship - Visit to East Haven - and answer. Technical teaser. Bank hopping. Lap-top navigation. Watch for the drag. Weather facts. Distance off.
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Confessions of a primeval pyromaniac
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Skipper's tips
Mar 2006 p45  (1.00 pages)
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