Hi, thank you for stopping by. I have an article, “Life in 240 Inches, Living Aboard A Flicka” published in the northwest sailing magazine, 48ºNorth. Special thanks to editor Joe Cline...
Category: Culture, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: 48north, adventure, circumnavigation, flicka, Flicka 20, living aboard, maritime, northwest, Northwest Maritime Center, Pacific Seacraft, port townsend, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, seattle, west coast
It was Day 15 of my 2017, “June on the Hook” expedition, in Sampaguita, my Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 sailboat, and a leisure day in Canada’s Vancouver, British Columbia. I was...
Category: Culture, June on the Hook 2017, Overnight Trips Tags: aire, anchor scope, anchorage, anchoring, british columbia, Canada, dinghy, downtown, dragging anchor, etiquette, false creek, False Creek Pirates, Flicka 20, Gabriola Island, gaze, google earth, kayak, New Zealand, sailboat, Sampaguita, stare, swing circle, Vancouver
Try to say that three times fast! The Skookumchuck Narrows, often called the Sechelt Rapids, are a tidal rapid along the Sunshine Coast of Canada’s British Columbia. With currents on spring tides...
Category: Culture, June 2015, Overnight Trips Tags: british columbia, Canada, capsize, coast guard, currents, egmont, extreme kayaking, Flicka 20, jervis inlet, kayak, Pacific Seacraft, Princess Louisa Inlet, provincial park, sechelt rapids, skookumchuck narrows, spring tide, sunshine coast, tidal rapids, Tides, whirlpools
When other boaters learn that I live on a 1985 Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20, a 20-foot sailboat, they tend to raise their eyebrows. For the record, it’s not a stunt. The...
Part 2 of the two-part article is now available on Latitude 38‘s electronic version of their magazine ‘Lectronic Latitude. Thanks again to Tim Henry for publishing it. Click on the logo...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: 'Lectronic, Article, bronze, chain splice, cranze, Flicka 20, Gennaker, gybe, iron, Latitude, Latitude 38, Part 2, Publish, Resourceful, sailboat, Sailor, Sampaguita, Series, snap, snap shackle, sock, soft shackle, Spinnaker, The Gennaker tack, Tim Henry
Hi, folks. I have an article published on Latitude 38‘s electronic version of their magazine ‘Lectronic Latitude. Special thanks to Tim Henry for giving it a go. Click on the logo...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: Article, bronze, chain splice, cranze, Flicka 20, Gennaker, gybe, iron, Latitude, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, prt 1, published, sailboat, Sampaguita, snap shackle, sock, TACK, The Gennaker tack
The Seattle Boat Show was held January 25 through February 2 at Centurylink Field & Event Center with Boats Afloat at South Lake Union. There were over 425 exhibitors and over...
Category: Culture, The Dock Life
Sampaguita is the name of my 1985 Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20. She had that name before I ever met her. Who am I to change a 28-year-old’s name? Admittedly, I did...
Category: Culture, Life in 240 Inches, The Dock Life Tags: boat names, boat us, border patrol, Canada, coast guard, customs, flicka, Flicka 20, Friday Harbor, jasmine, Pacific Seacraft, philippines, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, spanish
Sampaguita Sailing up Jervis Inlet People who originally ordered a Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 could get a new, well built, high-end, blue water capable cruiser with or without big boat amenities....
Category: Culture, Life in 240 Inches, The Dock Life Tags: blue water, Bluewater, bristol channel cutter, Buying, cockpit sole, dana 24, Flicka 20, Flicka20, hawaii, inboard, John Hazen, john vigor, liveABOARD, outboard, Pacific Seacraft, port jervis, port townsend, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, Twenty Small Sailboats, Vancouver Island, westsail, Windward Pilgrim
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