
When you buy a used boat, you also buy a previous owner’s modifications. Sometimes these are desirable and sometimes less so. For example, the conversion of Sampaguita’s galley stove from alcohol...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: aqua series 20, Flicka 20, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, lpg, navigation light, Pacific Seacraft, plexiglass, propane, push-pit, Resourceful Sailor Series, sailboat, Sampaguita, stern light, tank
Sampaguita’s portlights had sprung a few leaks around the panes. It was very slight in only a couple but was worsening and spreading. The outer gaskets were deteriorating too, so it...
Dictionary.com defines bricolage [bree-kuh-lahzh] as “a construction made of whatever materials are at hand; something created from a variety of available things.” With financial means and healthy supply chains, this definition can...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Northwest Passage, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: Arctic, Breskell, bricolage, Cambridge Bay, Canada, duct tape, furler, greenland, Marlinspike, Northwest Passage, northwest territory, Nunavut, Olivier Huin, Pablo Picasso, Resourceful Sailor, sailboat, Waste knot want knot, welding, wood pallet
I would like to thank Joe Cline, Andy Cross, and all the crew at 48° North for choosing and publishing my poem about the meaning of May. It appears in the Lifestyle section...
Category: Culture, June on the Hook 2017, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Northwest Passage, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: 48 North, Anchor, Astoria, boating season, Breskell, Canada, Flicka 20, Image, Inside Passage, Northwest Maritime Center, Northwest Passage, pacific northwest, Pacific Seacraft, Poem, port angeles, port townsend, sailboat, sailing magazine, Sampaguita, Stay Gold, Swiftsure, Thankful, The Meaning of May, three sheets northwest, Vancouver Island
When you have an itch, scratch it. When you have a rub, guard it. Chafe is your enemy. The Resourceful Sailor has a new installment available on Latitude 38′s online magazine,...
Another Resourceful Sailor Series article dropped on Latitude 38‘s online magazine, ‘Lectronic Latitude, on August 5th while I was away transiting the Northwest Passage aboard S/V Breskell. It’s called Sacrificial Sliding Hatch....
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 Here on the logo...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: Article, Backing Plate, bracket, epoxy, Flicka 20, garelick, King StarBoard, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, outboard, Pacific Seacraft, part 1, Part 2, Publish, Repair, replacement, Resourceful, sailboat, sailor magazine, Sampaguita, Tim Henry, Yamaha
Hi, folks. I have another article published on Latitude 38‘s electronic version of their magazine. This will be a two-part piece. Special thanks again to Tim Henry for keeping it going. Click...
Category: Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: 8hp, bracket, Breskell, corrosion, epoxy, Flicka 20, garelick, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, outboard, Pacific Seacraft, Repair, replacement, sailboat, Sampaguita, stern, transom, Yamaha
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...
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