
Read more about Irene‘s circumnavigation from Peter and Ginger Niemanns’ 3-part series in 48 North’s May, July, and September 2022 issues.
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Overnight Trips Tags: Bainbridge Island, circumnavigation, Flicka 20, hidden cove, irene, port townsend, sailboat, Sampaguita, washington
The flattering folks at Latitude 38 and ‘Lectronic Latitude have done it again! They’ve published another Resourceful Sailor piece and I am grateful for it. This one is about the resourcefulness...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Overnight Trips, PTSA, The Northwest Passage, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: 'lectronic latitude, Alaska, Arctic, Breskell, bricolage, Cambridge Bay, doghouse, dump, Flicka 20, France, golf, Latitude 38, macgyver, Olivier Huin, sailboat, Sampaguita, snowmobile, The Resourceful Sailor Series, walmart
Category: Culture, Overnight Trips, The Northwest Passage, The Salish Sea Tags: Canada, Northwest Passage, sailing
The 2022 expedition I have joined through the Northwest Passage this summer is about to get underway. If successful, it will be my second transit. The first in 2019 was east...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Overnight Trips, PTSA, The Northwest Passage, The Salish Sea Tags: Anacortes, Arctic 2022, arctic ocean, baffin bay, bering strait, Boreal 47, brittany, Canada, False Pass, Flicka 20, France, inook, Northwest Passage, port townsend, sailboat, Sailing with Josh, Vancouver Island
If you live on a boat during the winter, in the Pacific Northwest for example, you know it requires constant condensation management. The Resourceful Sailor explains one modification he undertook on...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series, The Salish Sea Tags: ceiling panel, condensation, fan, Flicka 20, hull to deck joint, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, liveABOARD, Pacific Seacraft, recreational vehicle, sailboat, Sailing with Josh, Sampaguita, The Resourceful Sailor Series, winter boating
The southeasterly wind was perfect! Under full main and jib, Sampaguita, a Flicka 20, charged toward the starting line for the Cruising Two class, just under hull speed and close-hauled. One hand...
Category: Culture, Life in 240 Inches, Racing Boats, The Salish Sea, ThreeSheets Tags: amelie, apogee, committee, flapdoodle, Flicka 20, pacifica, pneuma, port townsend, Port Townsend Bay, Port Townsend Sailing Association, sailboat, sailboat racing, Sampaguita, shipwrights regatta, sir isaac, thunderbirds, tiny dancer, windy
I will be attempting a west-to-east transit of the Northwest Passage in the summer of 2022 as crew aboard a French-owned and built Boréal 47 sailboat. This trip begins in Anacortes,...
Category: Culture, Overnight Trips, The Northwest Passage, The Salish Sea, ThreeSheets, Wildlife Tags: Anacortes, arctic ocean, Atlantic Ocean, baffin bay, Bering Straight, Boreal 44, Breskell, Cambridge Bay, Canada, Canadian archipelago, centerboard, France, Newfoundland, Norwhal, Peel Sound, Polar bear, Pond Inlet, port townsend, sailboat, Sampaguita, Sir John Franklin, The Northwest Passage, tuktoyaktuk, Vancouver Island, washington
When faced with the dilemma of how to install a lee cloth on a small boat, The Resourceful Sailor decided a lee net was more suitable. It was more versatile, less...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Marlinspike, Overnight Trips, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: bricolage, cargo net, Flicka 20, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, lee cloth, lee net, Marlinspike, port townsend, sailboats, sailing, Sampaguita, storage net, the resourceful sailor
Sometimes with boats, you have to think outside of the box. The tool box, that is. The latest installment of The Resourceful Sailor does just that in an effort to remove...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: 3m 5200, Carriage Bolts, Chainplates, Flicka 20, Hammer, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, Pacific Seacraft, port townsend, Resourceful Sailor, sailboat, Sampaguita, Scissor jack, stainless steel, standing rigging
Looking for a little more light in the cabin? How about a better view from down below? There’s a new Resourceful Sailor installment, Transparent Drop Boards, which highlights how I made...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: acrylic, DIY, do it yourself, drop boards, Flicka 20, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, lexan, Pacific Seacraft, port townsend, sailboat, Sailing with Josh, Sampaguita, The Resourceful Sailor Series, winter liveaboard
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