The author, onboard the scow that launched a lifetime of fixing and messing around in boats. Courtesy Alan Glos In the spring of 1960, I poked my 16-year-old head into an abandoned chicken coop on a ...

The E-Scow, at 28 feet and handled by four sailors, is a temperamental, sensitive, send-your-heart-into-your-throat kind of boat that keeps skippers of all skill levels coming back for more. I’m one ...