georgebackhus on February 27th, 2004

We carry just two jibs aboard Moonshadow, a 100% working jib and a 130% genoa.

Both are made of approximately 10-ounce Dacron. The Genoa is fairly high cut, which permits good visibility and easy sheeting. The working jib is what I would call a medium clew height which gives us a bit more sail area down [...]

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georgebackhus on February 13th, 2004

As a single man, this is probably a subject about which I could write an entire book, having spent nearly ten years cruising around the world both single-handed and with various cruising partners. To protect the innocent, I will refrain from much of the specifics, and rather focus on the positives and negatives of being [...]

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