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Sometimes, expeditions take a different turn than planned. The latest installment of The Resourceful Sailor, Resourceful Sailor Mends a Shroud – Was This a Simpler Option? , reviews one of those circumstances. It involves a temporary rigging solution I undertook on Sampaguita to 1) keep me sailing, 2) mitigate costs, 3) acquire hands-on rigging experience and creative solutions (just in case.) It appears in Latitude 38‘s November 2026 hard-copy and online edition… Read More
The morning was overcast and I awoke with a vision of Vancouver. I noticed there was a woman who seemed to be living aboard one boat and three men on another at the Govt. dock, so I thought to myself, “they must shower somewhere.” So I asked the woman and it turns out there are showers for the Govt. dock in Snug Cove. Who’d of thought? In Canada, the Govt. dock is… Read More
I woke up with the intentions of going ashore, provisioning at the Safeway, getting some fuel, charging some electronics(phone, computer, camera, VHF) and buying Bob some beer. But as I made tea, ate some breakfast, and did the dishes, the wind started to build from the South. Port Townsend seems to have its own microclimate which doesn’t correlate with any of the area weather forecasts, so especially as a non-local, it is… Read More
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