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SCA – How Thunderbird One-Design Buoy Racing Made the Resourceful Sailor a Better Offshore Sailor

Thanks again to Josh and Small Craft Advisor for keeping The Resourceful Sailor alive. This edition reviews how racing on a small foredeck with no lifelines helped me gain more confidence and experience in single-handing Sampaguita on the ocean. Thanks for stopping by and checking it out. CLICK HERE to be routed to the article. Thanks again.

Category: 2023 Voyage, Culture, Gear & Maintenance, PTSA, Racing Boats, The Resourceful Sailor Series, The Salish Sea, Video, Voyage 2024 Tags: Flicka 20, offshore, one-design, Pacific Seacraft, port townsend, Port Townsend Bay, Racing, sailboat, sailing, Sailor, Sampaguita, small craft advisor, Thunderbird

The Resourceful Sailor’s Whale Tales

Thank you Latitude 38! This is my first hard copy publication with them (but it’s online too) and appears in the November 2023 issue. Special props to Monica and John for looking out for The Resourceful Sailor. The Resourceful Sailor’s Whale Tales appears in the Sightings section of the mag and highlights some whale encounters I had on my journey down the West Coast in Sampaguita, a Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20, this… Read More

Category: 2023 Voyage, Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Resourceful Sailor Series, ThreeSheets, Wildlife Tags: bioluminescent, breach, California, grey whale, humpback, killer whale, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, offshore, orca, sailing, San Diego, San Francisco, tale, whale