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SCA – The Resourceful Sailor: Unstepping a Small Boat’s Mast with a Big Boat’s Yard

In case you missed it in ‘Lectronic Latitude, here it is in Small Craft Advisor. Thanks to Sugar Flanagan from Alcyone, Erik Brown from Left Coast Charters, and Bertram Levy from the neighborhood for helping make this happen. And thanks to Josh and Small Craft Advisor for republishing it. It is a charming story of a big boat helping a small boat remove its mast in Port Townsend. One classic and one… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Marlinspike, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series, The Salish Sea, Video Tags: alcyone, block and tackle, boat, mast.unstep, murrelet, port townsend, sailboat, sailing, schooner, Small Craft Advisory, spitzgatter, trailer, varnish, wooden, yard

Lowering the Mast on a Flicka 20

It’s time to do some work on the Sampaguita, starting with the mast. I had the mast down in 2014 for some minor work, but there will be a bit more going on this time around. The last time I lowered it, I had to ask for some help when it was about halfway down. This time I was able to do it by myself thanks to Bruce Bingham’s, The Sailor’s Sketchbook…. Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life Tags: block and tackle, bruce bingham, crutch, Dock, fenders, Flicka 20, Gin pole, Lowering, Mast, tabernacle, The Sailor's Sketchbook