This is a list of all the feature articles published in Mainsheet from1983 though to 2003. Once you find an article of interest, you can order previous issues via the MainSheet Back Order Instructions. Back issues are available for almost all quarterly issues.
| Issue | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 - SPRING | I learned about boating from this.... | Pat Childress' single handed world circumnavigation | |
| Ask the Builder - anti - siphon vent | |||
| 1983 - SUMMER | A cruise centerfold | Sailing notes | The World of Catalina |
| Modifications to U. S. Aids to Navigation | Going South | ||
| 1983 - FALL | Cruising sails | The Booth Bay, Maine cruise | Ask the Builder - Rigging Maintenance |
| The trimmer/Grinder duo | Current sailing | ||
| 1983 - WINTER | Power knit - The newest Mylar material | Beyond Conception "High Cotton" goes North | Conclusion: The Atomic Four |
| Catalina World | |||
| 1984 - SPRING | Summer cruise | Safety guidelines | Dacron - Still the best sail cloth |
| About the gray whale | Cruising - Key West | Women's clinics return | |
| Lake Erie safety via satellite | Test your racing knowledge | ||
| 1984 - SUMMER | The glorious Gulf Coast | First cruise for Loafers | Glory Magazines and the truth |
| Congressional Cup | Headers and lifters | ||
| 1984 - FALL | Charter boat cash flow realities | The glorious Gulf Coast | Tuning the Mast head rig |
| The growth of the National Sailing Association | |||
| 1984 - WINTER | USYRU Certified judges | Scottish region cruise | From the Builder |
| 1985 - SPRING | Fleet Perpetuation | Growing up in a shipyard | A first mates reflection's of her first Ensenada race |
| An interview with a Catalina-30 skipper | Pacific Coastal cruising Part I | Serendipity vs Josephine (hurricane) | |
| Congressional Cup | Tips on buying a sail | Underwater surfaces | |
| From the Builder - anti-siphon valve | |||
| 1985 - SUMMER | What makes you boat go fast? | Pacific Coastal cruising Part 2 | Congressional Cup 1985 wrap-up |
| High Point - super speed | Preventive Engine maintenance | From the Builder - Gelcoat Blisters | |
| One design concept | |||
| 1985 - FALL | Could you give us a tow? | It could happen to you! (dismasting) | He's going to hit us! |
| Winter storage | Off wind boom vang techniques | Ensenada 1985 | |
| From the Builder - Gel coat blisters | |||
| 1985 - WINTER | Alaskan adventure Part 2 | Transcontinental trailering | Can your transmission handle towing? |
| Buying a trailer | Stumped on spots | Luffing before starting a race | |
| Spinnaker close reaching | |||
| 1986 - APRIL | BC's Sunshine coast | Cruising South Puget Sound | Women at the helm |
| Why doesn't she feel right? | Rule 38: Luffing after starting | Racing without winning | |
| Battle in the Gulch | You want a hatch? | From the Builder | |
| 1986 - JUNE | Chesapeake Bay cruising | Congressional Cup: perspectives | Dropping the hook |
| Wind shear and other squirrelly weather patterns | Examining the elements of Genoa trim | Mexico - Cruising | |
| From the Builder | |||
| 1986 - AUGUST | Worrell 1000 | Ensenada 1986: The race | Navigation and Piloting "Robijo battles the Columbia River |
| 1986 - NOVEMBER | Nationals Pacific 1000 | The sinking of the "Gilygaloo" | Meet your dealers |
| Sail care guide | Experience Southern California waters | The meaning of winning Ditty bag | |
| 1987 - FEBRUARY | Cruising Racing..... Me? | The 10 Commandments | The whole of sailing |
| 1987 - MAY | Moon Bay exploit | Congressional Cup | Steady as she goes |
| Professionalism | Family sailing | Profile of a Catalina Owner | |
| 1987 - AUGUST | A good place to start | Seabreeze's San Juan Island log | Money can buy happiness |
| Fog, freighters and fatigue 30 miles of the open ocean | |||
| 1987 - NOVEMBER | Alaskan charter | Stand by me - A winged Keel Boarded Allison Jolly | The commitment |
| 1988 - FEBRUARY | Anacortes to Desolation Sound | So you want to be a rock star? | How I luff it when you talk Nautical |
| Sailing with the blues | |||
| 1988 - MAY | Congressional cup | In the wake of Captain Vancouver: Desolation Sound | The "inside-out" of the Congressional Cup |
| A whale of a story | |||
| 1988 - AUGUST | 28 days and 2500 miles in 18 feet | Sea Breezes Florida Expedition | USYRU Safety at sea seminar |
| From the Builder - Wing Keels | |||
| 1988 - NOVEMBER | European Odessy | Making Good | Quick Charge |
| 1989 - FEBRUARY | YO,HO,HO, It's a sailors life | A happy ending Association | From the Builder |
| Technical - New design | Getting started | The forming of a fleet | |
| Fun is what keeps them coming | |||
| 1989 - MAY | A week with the Rock Stars | Mixing it up | Sailing with Bowser |
| 1989 - AUGUST | Cruising tips for the trailer | Ensenada 1989 | Tips from First Mates |
| Join Fleet 8/Fleet 24 cruise | A dream spelled OUPV | ||
| 1989 - NOVEMBER | National regattas: Sabot,Capri-22, 14.2, C-38, C-34, C-27 and C-25 | Nationals What is CTSS? | |
| 1990 - FEBRUARY | The demons of the North Tower | Reaching out | The Swift rudder |
| Malcomb and I | Cover story of commitment | Oldies but goodies | |
| It's a long way to the North channel | |||
| 1990 - MAY | A new star | Historical winds | Fleet development, the new wave |
| Sailing your boat on its optimum wind angle | Trailering a C-30 | ||
| 1990 - AUGUST | The first time - out of control | Why not? The first cruise of Bolero | That's in a "name"? |
| Winter cruising in Florida | |||
| 1990 - NOVEMBER | Parastroika and Glasnost on C-25 | Decommissioning check list | Pure pleasure, reflections on a National Regatta |
| The hunts of Blackbeard - sailing the Georgia coast | It can't happen to me | ||
| 1991 - FEBRUARY | 2000 miles and 42 ports of call | Improving your performance | Danger, lights ahead |
| Electric problems? | From the Builder | Battle in the Gulch, part 2 | |
| 1991 - MAY | Dickson takes home the Congressional cup | Two years behind the wheel | Sailing with children |
| Cruising | The fastest way to windward | The races are not what they seem | |
| Understanding marine electronics, interfacing | Nobody heads North, part 1 | ||
| 1991 - AUGUST | Two years behind the wheel, part 2 | The fastest way to windward - an update | Cruising |
| Making a successful fleet | Roger, Wilco, Over and Out | Nobody heads north, part 2 | |
| 1991 - NOVEMBER | Sailing in Holland | A Saturday sail in San Francisco | Clearly a voyage for sailors |
| Philadelphia cruise | Real life man overboard | ||
| 1992 - FEBRUARY | Looking back and looking ahead | Sailing your way out of hard times | The log of Loco Viento, part 1 |
| The rules (of the road) | Ask the Builder | New Yachts: Morgan 38, C-34 Power, Morgan 50 | |
| New products | C-30 National Association , by laws | Upgrading the C-30 for passage making, Part 1 | |
| One of those days | You gotta take the bitter with the sweet | ||
| 1992 - MAY | Looking back and looking ahead - the answers | Foot prints T | The log of Loco Viento, part 2 |
| Everything you wanted to know about furlers | Catalina rendezvous notice | New Products - Factory tours | |
| 1992 - AUGUST | Many parts equal the whole | The morning star | The compass |
| A whale of a tale | Dear friends | Ask the Builder | |
| San Diego | The worlds largest half model | Murphy races to Ensenada | |
| Modifications to a C-30 for passage, part 2 | |||
| 1992 - NOVEMBER | Many parts equal the whole | OP SAIL | Marine attraction |
| Catalina World | Marina Del Rey, Gateway | 10th Annual Catalina rendezvous | |
| C-30 National regatta Fleet 11 sailors make west coast waves | Port Huron to Mackinac | ||
| 1993 - FEBRUARY - NONE | Mississippi River cruising | Starting a local fleet | Ask the Builder |
| An alternate for PHRF scoring | |||
| 1993 - MAY | Sail Expo; A retrospective | Cheese burgers in paradise | Messin' with GPS |
| Ask the Builder | |||
| 1993 - AUGUST | Another beginning | A sail makers guide to sails | A quick look at chartering, in Alaska |
| Ask the Builder | Sailing Moonshadow into adventure | Rag bag | |
| 1993 - NOVEMBER | Life's passage Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance | The compass U.S. Sailing briefs | Ask the Builder |
| Pirates of the Catalina's | Redondo Beach C-30 Regatta | ||
| 1994 - FEBRUARY | Cats in the canyon | Look Mom, no heel! | Ask the Builder |
| Dear Mainsheet | Cover story - A good time / C-22 Editors bark | ||
| 1994 - MAY | Sail C-37's | A matter of survival | Sailing America's cup defender, out Golden Gate |
| Ditty bag | Ask the Builder | ||
| 1994 - AUGUST | Catalina 42, fleet dock party | The new experimental racing rules | Through the years |
| Ditty bag | Ask the Builder | Rafting etiquette, part 1 | |
| Fleet news | |||
| 1994 - NOVEMBER | A good time, at the last place | Ask the Builder | Setting sail |
| Ditty bag | Sabot Nationals | C-30 National Regatta | |
| A summer cruise - Frandor III | The greatest boating event I've ever had | Why do it that way, part 2 | |
| 1995 - FEBRUARY | Ditty bag | Nine Sails West Regatta | Our memory |
| Setting the record straight - engine harness update | A boat is just a hole in the water | Cruising the Americas - part 1 | |
| 1995 - MAY | Alaska - the adventure | Sail Expo 1995, A hot time at the Jersey shore | Cruising the Americas -part 2 |
| 1995 - AUGUST | Pisces, Catalina 30, wins Newport to Ensenada, '95, Cruising Class | Ditty bag - Just do it! | Cruising the Americas, part 3 |
| Results: IC30 Association National Regatta | |||
| 1995 - NOVEMBER | Nine Sails West, regatta | Catalina rendezvous - East coast | Ask the Builder |
| Catalina cruise to Milford | |||
| 1996 - FEBRUARY | Extended cruise, a smash success | Across the North Sea to Norway | Invading the San Juans |
| Again Across the Sound (L.I.) | |||
| 1996 - MAY | North to Alaska | Sail Expo 1996 | Ditty bag |
| Don't sail West '96 | |||
| 1996 - AUGUST | Why do we do it? | ||
| 1996 - NOVEMBER | Never underestimate a love note! | East Coast Catalina rendezvous | |
| 1997 - FEBRUARY | The Bloody Truth of River Racing | Summer Cruise - Cartagena to Roncador | Invitation - 1997 Harbor Cup regatta |
| 1997 - MAY | Ode to Frandor | Changes in Association Business Procedures | Notice of race - Macatawa Bay Yacht Club |
| Summer Cruise II - Roncador to Old Providence | |||
| 1997 - AUGUST | Racing Can Be Fun | C30 - Great for Racing and Cruising | Internet Catalina Tech Talk |
| 1997 - NOVEMBER | Annual Business meeting Held | Bylaws Proposals | Catalina Owners on the Internet |
| Michigan Fails to show Her Stuff - C30 Nationals | Sweet Breeze to Panacea | ||
| 1998 - FEBRUARY | How Strong is Your Catalina? | ||
| 1998 - MAY | Observations from a New Cruiser | Gloria Sets Sail | The Trip |
| Successful Loch Lomond Passage | |||
| 1998 - AUGUST | More Changes on SHERMAX | ||
| 1998 - NOVEMBER | 1998 NCR Regatta Recap | C30A Annual Business Meeting | Edification of a Technically Deficient New Owner |
| 1999 - FEBRUARY | Firsts (Sailing a New Boat) | ||
| 1999 - MAY | First Cruise | Sailing the Long Way 'Round (Part 1 - St Lawrence) | |
| 1999 - AUGUST | Blue Water Cruise | Sailing the Long Way 'Round (Part 2 - Canadian Maritime) | |
| 1999 - NOVEMBER | Sailing the Long Way 'Round (Part 3 - Atlantic Coast) | Fleet 12 Southern Cruise | |
| 2000 - February | Sailing the Long Way 'Round (Part 4 - Georgia) | 1999 National Championship Regatta | |
| 2000 - May | Sailing the Long Way 'Round (Part 5 - Florida) | ||
| 2000 - August | Full Cockpit Enclosure | ||
| 2000 - November | Sailing the Long Way 'Round (Part 6 - Headed Back Home) | Message in a Bottle | 2000 National Championship Regatta |
| 2001 - February | Gulf Islands (BC) Summer Cruise | ||
| 2001 - May | Best C30 Upgrades | ||
| 2001 - August | One tricked Out Catalina | ||
| 2001 - November | National Regatta results | Who Are Those Guys | |
| 2002 - February | Confusion Over Associations | ||
| 2002 - May | Serving the Owners Assns | Confusion...Should be No Confusion | |
| 2002 - August | Therapy on Florida West Coast | ||
| 2002 - November | Sea to Shining Sea (East Coast Rendezvous) | North Channel | National Regatta |
| 2003 - February | Evening Cove - Vancouver Island | Mainsheet Questionnaire | Sailor Defies Age (Hawaii) |
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