This US design was launched in 2000 and offered more accommodation volume than many European designs at the time, writes Rupert Holmes
Photo: David Harding/SailingScenes.comHunter Marine became a major force in boatbuilding from the 1980s through to the financial crisis of 2008, with the boats sold in the UK under the Legend brand to avoid confusion with the British Hunter range.
In the early 2000s a manufacturing base at Portland in Dorset was established to supply the European market,...
Replacing seacocks is a straightforward job, and on Maximus it's not worth trying to salvage them, advises marine surveyor
This seacock will need to be replacedThe worn seacocks on PBO Project Boat Maximus are going to have to go. During the survey of the 28ft Maxi 84, marine surveyor Ben Sutcliffe-Davies points out that they’re clearly over 5 years old and corroded.
He also notes that the hose tails are incorrectly clamped.
“This one makes me laugh because we talk about double clamping but the clamps aren’t...
The anchoring issue of Good Old Boat (May/June 2021) was full of great tips. In it, technical editor Drew Frye showed us how to make a kellet—weight added to anchor rode itself, to decrease the angle between the rode and the bottom to improve holding and decrease boat movement–using a short length of chain. Great idea, […]
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One of the ironies of being the editor of a sailing magazine is that you rarely get to sail. That is, the duties involved with the day-to-day management of a sailing magazine—or any magazine, for that matter—can become all-consuming. Essentially what this means is that as Good Old Boat’s new editor, I’ve done very little […]
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Nigel Calder and his team of marine electrics experts have hit the mark, says Rupert Holmes in this Boat Electrics 101 review.
Arguably the most misunderstood aspect of boat maintenance concerns the electrical systems.
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To make matters worse, many older boats were not wired to a good standard and many have additional equipment added in a haphazard fashion. Indeed, even some new boats are still not...
X Boat champion Kamron Kaiser and crew Peter Goggins won a hard-fought 2021 senior X boat Inland Lake Yachting Association (ILYA) regatta at Pewaukee Lake, WI. He has performed consistently well in the X boat over the past few years,…
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Sailing, dragon boat and canoe clubs back on the water... but the future of sailing for thousands of schoolchildren still in doubt
Club members pull the boats in after a their first sail in Christchurch harbour after lockdownDorset sailors returned to the water this month after their club was threatened with closure. The club, which was affiliated to Hengistbury Head Outdoor Education Centre (HHOEC), was saved by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP) after the college that ran the centre closed it down.
...Having claimed victories at the 2021 Moth Italian Nationals and Foiling Week, both Jensen and Slingsby are at the top of their game in the class. Learn from this panel of Moth experts and look ahead to the upcoming World Championship in Malcesine, Italy.
This dangerous gas oven onboard Maximus, the PBO Project Boat, will definitely have to go
This old gas oven is unsafe and will need to goIs your boat gas oven safe?
“A lot of people own boat ovens like this one,” says marine surveyor Ben Sutcliffe Davies. “However, what’s worrying is when you see the gas hose being brought through the back of the cooker like this.”
During the survey of the...
Are you working hard enough on downwind boat speed? It’s easy to lose focus, even though downwind sailing requires at least as much concentration as upwind sailing. For this post, we decided to compile a big picture list of things…
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