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Do you want to do The Northwest Passage? – Part 4

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 will be helpful for those planning a future trip. Like Jimmy Cornell’s: The High Latitude Challenge 2026-2027 I’ve heard it said that fewer people have transited the Northwest Passage by boat than have climbed Mount Everest. If true, I suspect that… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Marlinspike, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Northwest Passage, Video Tags: Arctic Circle, baffin bay, Baffin Island, Breskell, Canada, Conception Bay, greenland, Labrador sea, Newfoundland, Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club, The Northwest Passage

SAIL Magazine: Marlinspike Seamanship in the Arctic

When Captain Olivier Huin asked me to secure the gear on the deck of Breskell for her transit through the Northwest Passage in 2019, I was happy I knew my knots. A special thank you to Adam Cort for publishing my article, Marlinspike Seamanship in the Arctic, in the June 2020, (Vol. 51, #6) issue of Sail Magazine. Here is a link: https://www.sailmagazine.com/diy/know-how-marlinspike-seamanship-in-the-arctic The article is about getting creative when securing deck gear and gives insight… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Marlinspike, Overnight Trips, The Northwest Passage Tags: Alaska, bow sprit, bowline, Breskell, Canada, ddiesel bladder, deck gear, dinghy, greenland, Labrador sea, marlin hitch, Marlinspike, Northwest Passage, Olivier Huin, outboard engine, propane tanks, reef knot, sail magazine, seamanship, sheet bend

Tales from the Northwest Passage: Arctic ‘Bricolage’

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 new Resourceful Sailor article on Latitude 38‘s online magazine, ‘Lectronic Latitude, highlighting a few examples. Thanks to Tim Henry for publishing it. I hope you enjoy and thanks for checking it out. Click Here for a link to the article.

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