
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...
‘Lectronic Latitude, the online counterpart to Latitude 38, published the lastest Resourceful Sailor Series installment, Don’t Chafe On Me, on December 14, 2020. This article demonstrates some easy and economical solutions...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Resourceful Sailor Series, The Salish Sea Tags: Anchor, anchor roller, bobstay, bow, bow sprit, chafe, chain, Flicka 20, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, Pacific Seacraft, platform, port madison, Resourceful Sailor Series, rode, sailboat
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
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,...
Bricolage – French for Do-It-Yourself! When S/V Breskell transited the Northwest Passage in the summer of 2019, there was a bit of bricolage along the way. The link below offers a...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Overnight Trips, The Northwest Passage, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: Alaska, Breskell, bricolage, Canada, France, French, greenland, helm, Labrador sea, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, Newfoundland, Northern Pacific, Northwest Passage, Olivier Huin, port townsend, Resourceful Sailor, sailboat, sailing, staysail pole, tiller pilot, wine box, wooden boat
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....
Small Boats – Big Adventures “How do you run a stern-tie setup when you have limited working and storage space on board?” This is one of the questions I asked myself...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Overnight Trips, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: anchoring, Canada, Duckworks, Flicka 20, gulf islands, July-August 2019, magazine, Pacific Seacraft, Polypropylene, Resourceful Sailor, sailboat, sailing, salish sea, Sampaguita, small craft advisor, Stern Tie
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
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