Published Articles

Below is a list of our published articles. From 1988-1996 Tom also wrote reports of RORC races for Yachts & Yachting and occasionally for Seahorse. Some of the articles below may be available through the websites of the publishers.
Title	Published	Date	Content
Going for Old	Y&Y	Aug-97	Keeping an old boat fast for racing
Sunstone Goes Cruising	YW	Aug-97	Preparations for voyaging
Sailing into an Eclipse	YW	May-98	Total eclipse at sea
Creeping Across the Bay	PBO	Dec-98	Light weather sailing techniques
Hard Aground on the Reef	YW	Apr-99	Yellowdrama's grounding
In Praise of Offshore Racing	Sail	Nov-99	Why go offshore racing
When the Windlass Quits	Sail	Nov-99	Trip-line & snatch block for anchor retrieval
Across the Great Divide	CW	Dec-99	Future of the Panama Canal
Beveridge Reef	YW	Feb-00	Anchoring in no country
Beveridge Reef	Sail	Oct-00	Anchoring in mid-Pacific
A Tale of Two Anchorages	YM	Oct-00	Englishman's Bay, Tobago & Selden Creek, Connecticut
Offshore Safety	Sail	Nov-00	Attitudes and techniques for safety offshore
Spare a Thought for Spares	PBO	Dec-00	Spare parts
The Treble	AY	Dec-00	Fastnet, Bermuda and Sydney-Hobart Races compared
A Classic Challenge	YWPE	Jan-01	Sydney-Hobart Preparation
Varnishing toward the Horizon	CW	Mar-01	Sunstone's story
Boots, Bikes and Boats	CW	Mar-01	Hiking and biking from the boat
Sights and Sounds of South Island	YW	May-01	Fiordland and Stewart Is. NZ
A Cut above the Rest	CW	May-01	Cruising Sails
What a Name	AY	Jul-01	Vicky's D'Entrecasteaux Channel
Pulling Off the Half-Way Round Refit	CW	Sep-01	Refitting half-way through a circumnavigation
Where Will You Be Bastille Day?	CW	Dec-01	Heiva Festival, French Polynesia
Gateway or Gauntlet?	YM	Jan-02	Panama Canal
Right Church, Wrong Pew	CW	Mar-02	Choosing an anchoring spot
Reel-time Action	CW	Mar-02	Use of warp reels
Root Searching in Tasmania	YW	Aug-02	Vicky's D'Entrecasteaux Channel
The Land of Mythic Ideals	CW	Sep-02	Sunstone in Vanuatu
Taking Tassie by Storm	CW	Oct-02	Sunstone in Tasmania
Maximize Your Person Power	CW	Jan-03	Effective use of tackles and winches
Winding along Alaska's Great Glaciers	CW	May-03	Sunstone in Alaska
Rhythm of Blue Water Life	YM	May-03	Passage-making
Piling It on	CW	Sep-03	Pile Moorings
Contentment over the Long Haul	CW	Oct-03	Passage-making attitudes and techniques
Gulf of Plenty	YW	Jan-04	Gulf Islands
A New Blueprint for Brightwork	CW	Apr-04	Varnishing techniques
Hush, Hush Sweet Charlottes	CW	Apr-04	Queen Charlottes
Cardinal Virtues	CW	Apr-04	Cardinal buoyage
Rookies in Mexico	YW	Jun-04	Sunstone in Mexico
Shimmering Sunstone	PBO	Aug-04	Sunstone's story
Against the Wind	Sail	Sep-04	Windward Tips for Cruisers
Nav Shortcuts	CW	Oct-04	Tips for quick navigation work
Spellbound by the Sea of Cortez	CW	Nov-04	Sea of Cortez
Windlass	CW	Jan-05	Installing Sunstone's windlass
Voyaging Engines	CW	Feb-05	Engine features for voyaging
SE Alaska	YM	Mar-05	Sunstone in SE Alaska
Blue-water Passage-making	PBO	Apr-05	Preparing for a blue water passage
Courage to Cruise	CW	Oct-05	Opinion piece
Cruising Christmas	YM	Feb-06	Christmases afloat
Fitting Out Foreign	YM	May-06	Tips for fitting out away from home
Top Ten	PBO	Jun-06	Little things that make cruising life easier
Teak Decks	PBO	Nov-06	Replacing the teak on Sunstone's decks
South Atlantic Crossroads	CW	Dec-06	Mar del Plata, Argentina, a cruiser crossroads
Good Sails for Safe Cruising	YM	Sep-07	How to get value for money for cruising sails
The 26 Year Dream	CB	Nov-07	A quarter century living aboard Sunstone
Why Anchor When You Can Moor	YM	Nov-07	The new Bahamian Moor
Person Power	PBO	Dec-07	Making the most of tackles and winches
Around the World in 80,000 Miles	YW	Dec-07	Sunstone’s circumnavigation
Trouble x 3	YM	Mar-08	Passage from Juan de Fuca to San Francisco with mishaps
A Cruiser's Cape Horn	YM	Dec-08	Sunstone's trip to the Horn
My Hero – Bruni d’Entrecasteaux	CH	Feb-10	How we’ve followed in the wake of Vicky’s explorer namesake
Rubbish Management	PBO	Mar-10	Dealing with rubbish when cruising
Savusavu – Cruiser Crossroads	CW	?/11	Savusavu, Fiji
Cruising in Japan	YW	1/13	Cruising in Japan
Golden Week in the Sea of Japan	YM	9/13	Cruising and repairs in the Sea of Japan
Isles in the Wild	BNZ	4/15	Alaskan Cruising
Prince of Sounds	CW	7/15	Cruising Prince William Sound
Key:	AY		Australian Yachting (Aus)
	BNZ		Boating New Zealand (NZ)
	CB		Classic Boat (UK)
	CH		Cruising Helmsman (Aus)
	CW		Cruising World (USA)
	PBO		Practical Boat Owner (UK)
	Sail		Sail Magazine (USA)
	YM		Yachting Monthly (UK)
	YW		Yachting World (UK)
	YWPE		Yachting World-Pacific Edition (Aus)
	Y&Y		Yachts & Yachting (UK)