
I have been sorting through some archival footage from my 2019 transit of the Northwest Passage aboard Oliver Huin’s Breskell. Maybe this will be fun for the armchair sailors. Maybe it...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Marlinspike, Overnight Trips, The Northwest Passage, Video Tags: altego, anchorage, Arctic, barrow, Breskell, Canada, coffee, Crow's Nest, czech, devon, France, franklin strait, French, graham harbor, growlers, ice, island, lancaster, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Opale, peel, sailboat, sound, strait
A special thanks again to Monica and ‘Lectronic Latitude. This installment was inspired by her. When I was voyaging Monica was kind enough to take me to the grocery store and...
Category: 2023 Voyage, Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Marlinspike, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series, Voyage 2024 Tags: canopy, curtain, Flicka 20, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, liveABOARD, Pacific Seacraft, sailboat, Sampaguita, The Resourceful Sailor Series
The following Resourceful Sailor piece was meant to compliment another, previously published by ‘Lectronic Latitude on April 19, 2024, called The Resourceful Sailor Talks Whisker Poles — the Good and the...
Category: 2023 Voyage, Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Marlinspike, Overnight Trips, The Resourceful Sailor Series, Voyage 2024 Tags: adventure, cabo san lucas, chafe, clew, cruising, drifter, Flicka 20, full sail, genoa, jib, Latitude 38, Mexico, Pacific Seacraft, reaching, ring, sail, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, Travel, water hose, whisker pole
Here are a couple videos about lowering masts on small sailboats for the DIY folks. First, a keel-stepped mast using a gin pole. Courtesy of the Port Townsend Sailing Association. Video:...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Marlinspike, PTSA, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series, The Salish Sea, Video Tags: Boat Haven, boom, DIY, Dock, Flicka 20, Gin pole, Lower Mast, Mustang Sally, port townsend, PTSA, sailing, Sampaguita, T-Bird, Thunderbird
“What did you call me!?” It’s another Resourceful Sailor installment brought to you by Latitude 38 and ‘Lectronic Latitude. This one covers the marlinspike craft of baggywrinkle and how The Resourceful...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Marlinspike, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series, The Salish Sea, Video, Wildlife Tags: baggywrinkle, chafe, Flicka 20, knots, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, Marlinspike, nylon, Pacific Seacraft, port townsend, sail, sailboat, Sampaguita, spreaders, tips
Thanks to Monica and Latitude 38’s ‘Lectronic Latitude for publishing another Resourceful Sailor installment. This one is about how I keep Sampaguita’s drop boards from coming out if I get knocked...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Marlinspike, The Resourceful Sailor Series, Video, Voyage 2024 Tags: clam cleat, companionway, ditty bag, drop boards, eye strap, Flicka 20, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, Marlinspike, Pacific Seacraft, sailboat, screws, the resourceful sailor, Video
Monica and ‘Lectronic Latitude rock! It’s fun to be the far away Port of Bahia Asuncion in Baja California, Mexico and see your column still exists. Thank you so much. I’m...
Sampaguita has her mast lowered again this week for a port shroud replacement and thorough inspection. The port shroud had some conflict with a sail ring during my Vancouver Island rounding...
Thank you to Monica and Latitude 38 for publishing this installment of the Resourceful Sailor Series on March 27, 2023, The Resourceful Sailor Explores Adding an Additional Propane Tank to a...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Marlinspike, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: etymology, Flicka 20, lashing, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, manchester, Pacific Seacraft, propane, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, small boat, stove, worthington
These Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 plans are updated to various dates of 1983 by W.B. Luther. Higher resolution images can be requested by email. The plans are not mine to sell,...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Marlinspike, The Dock Life Tags: boom, bowesprit, Deck arrangement, Flicka 20, genoa, Gooseneck, Halyards, jib, mainsail, Marconi Rig, Pacific Seacraft, Plans, Rigging Guide, Sail Plan, schaefer, Shrouds, Stays, Storm Jib, tang, Traveller
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