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Do you want to do The Northwest Passage? – Part 3

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 Northwest Passage, Video Tags: altego, anchorage, Arctic, barrow, Breskell, Canada, coffee, Crow's Nest, czech, devon, France, franklin strait, French, graham harbor, growlers, ice, island, lancaster, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Opale, peel, sailboat, sound, strait

Sampaguita Dice Felices Fiestas

Whether that be Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy New Year, or something else I’m not educated to know about. For Sampaguita and I, it’s Happy Holiday. So that is what we wish. Here in Mexico, it is definitely Merry Christmas. Funny meeting. My anchor neighbors here in Bahia De Los Muertos are on a boat named Opale. I met them first when on Breskell transiting the Northwest Passage in 2019. A small… Read More

Category: 2023 Voyage, Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips Tags: baja, boardwalk, cabo san lazaro, Flicka 20, Mexico, Opale, Pacific Seacraft, Sampaguita, santa cruz, Santa Maria, surf, wing and wing, youtube

Shouldn’t Every Boat Have a Crow’s Nest?

What could be more salty? The latest installment by the Resourceful Sailor Series in Latitude 38′s online ‘Lectronic Latitude, centers around the addition of Breskell‘s crow’s nest for her transit of the Northwest Passage. Thank you to Monica and the crew for publishing “Shouldn’t Every Boat Have A Crow’s Nest?” on May, 12, 2021. For the full article, follow the link below to ‘Lectronic Latitude: https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/shouldnt-every-boat-have-a-crows-nest/

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Northwest Passage, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: altego 2, aluminum, Arctic, Breskell, Coffee Time, Crow's Nest, E[oxy, Latitude 38, Lectronic Latitude, Newfoundland, Northwest Passage, Opale, Peel Sound, port townsend, Rafting, Resourceful Sailor, Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club, sailboat, Walt Trisdale, wooden boat