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SCA – The Resourceful Sailor: Skyed Halyard Retrieval Made Easy

Thanks, again, to Josh C. @ Small Craft Advisor and all those sailors that subscribe to SCA’s Substack and help make this all possible. October 15, 2026 they re-published The Resourceful Sailor: Skyed Halyard Retrieval Made Easy. It documents a technique I used to retrieve a skyed halyards on Sampaguita. Maybe it will give the reader some ideas of how to mange their own. Thanks for stopping by. Click HERE to be… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Marlinspike, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series, Video Tags: chase line, Flicka 20, halyard, line, Mast, masthead, Pacific Seacraft, port townsend, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, skyed, small craft advisor, snap shackle

The Resourceful Sailor Makes Rigging Alignment a Top Priority

Thank you to Monica, ‘Lectronic Latitude, and Latitude 38 for publishing the latest Resourceful Sailor installment, The Resourceful Sailor Makes Rigging Alignment a Top Priority, on January 23, 2023. Also a thank you to Port Townsend Rigging for all of their support on the overhaul of Sampaguita’s mast in 2021. Click below for the full story. Thanks for reading. https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/2023/03/27/#resourceful-sailor-adding-propane-tank-small-boat

Category: Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: alignment, back stay, bungee, climbing the mast, Flicka 20, halyard, Mast, masthead, Pacific Seacraft, port townsend rigging, rigging, sailboat, starboard, top climber, triangle plate