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

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 Monica and ‘Lectronic Latitude for ACTUALLY making this happen. It is a charming story of a big boat helping a small boat remove its mast in Port Townsend. One classic and one neo-classic, both are well-cared-for wooden boats and pleasant to look at. But it’s not… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Marlinspike, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series, The Salish Sea, Video Tags: alcyone, block, boat haven marina, left coast charters, line, Mast, murrellet, port townsend, Port Townsend Bay, schooner, sloop, spitzgatter, stepping, unstepping, wooden boat, yard

The Resourceful Sailor Asks: “Will You Shut Your Hawsehole?”

What? Honest, it’s a legit nautical term. Hawsehole, I mean. Thanks to Monica and ‘Lectronic Latitude and Latitude 38 for keeping the dream alive. Or not waking me up. On June 30, 2025, they published The Resourceful Sailor Asks: “Will You Shut Your Hawsehole?”, an installment about keeping water out of the boat. In particular, from the hole where the anchor rode goes down below. Click HERE to be directed to the… Read More

Category: 2023 Voyage, Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series, Video, Voyage 2024 Tags: Anchor, chain, Flicka 20, football, hawsehole, hawsepipe, inner tube, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, line, nerf, nylon, Pacific Seacraft, port townsend, rode, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, t-shirt