Youssef Khoury
Youssef Khoury once corrected a furling-line splice before it failed under load, a small victory he celebrates as if it balanced a tax return. Recently retired from preparing returns for owners who claimed every boat expense twice, he would replace every questionable shackle on the waterfront and is denied because riggers, owners, and crews prefer one more season of evidence.
Articles by Youssef Khoury
Sailor's 'Quick Weekend Project' Enters Its Fourteenth Month
What began as replacing a single teak board on the companionway has expanded to include complete deck refit, engine rebuild, and 'while we're at it' rewiring.
Yacht Club Commodore Impeached After Controversial Decision to Serve Canned Beer at Annual Regatta
The membership voted 47-3 to remove the commodore, citing 'a betrayal of everything this institution stands for' and the absence of gin and tonic.
Sailor Claims He Can 'Feel' the Wind Shift, Gets Knocked Down by Gust He Did Not Feel
The self-proclaimed 'wind whisperer' was mid-sentence about his supernatural weather awareness when a 35-knot gust laid his boat on her beam ends.