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There will be two opportunities to seminar with The Resourceful Sailor at the 2026 Seattle Boat Show at Lumen Field Event Center. The Resourceful Sailor: Creative Solutions to Boat Modifications & Repairs Preparing a small boat for big adventures takes creativity. Joshua Wheeler shares practical, sometimes unorthodox solutions he used to ready his Flicka 20 for offshore cruising offering thoughtful, outside-the-box, and affordable approaches to keep you sailing. As seen in Latitude… Read More
Sometimes, expeditions take a different turn than planned. The latest installment of The Resourceful Sailor, Resourceful Sailor Mends a Shroud – Was This a Simpler Option? , reviews one of those circumstances. It involves a temporary rigging solution I undertook on Sampaguita to 1) keep me sailing, 2) mitigate costs, 3) acquire hands-on rigging experience and creative solutions (just in case.) It appears in Latitude 38‘s November 2026 hard-copy and online edition… Read More
Thanks to Small Craft Advisor and all of the readers for keeping up with The Resourceful Sailor. The Resourceful Sailor Repeats: Chafe is Your Enemy was republished on October 28, 2026. It follows adding chafe gear to a dinghy’s towing bridle. Click HERE to be directed to the article. Thanks for stopping by.
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
I was gifted a pair of Bluetooth headphones and was added to a Spotify account to combat the tedium of sanding and filling, sanding and filling some more, and sanding, filling, and sanding even more. A boat, that is. Naturally, I took it to the next level and created a list of my personal favorite sailor songs. As a result, we have Sailor Rock! Thanks, Greg! Thanks to Josh C. and Small… Read More
Non-stop for 45 minutes! If you know, you know. The Resourceful Sailor presented at Port Townsend’s 2026 Wooden Boat Festival on September 11th and 13th. Special thanks to Steve Scharf for taking some action photos.
I was gifted a pair of Bluetooth headphones and was added to a Spotify account to combat the tedium of sanding and filling, sanding and filling some more, and sanding, filling, and sanding even more. A boat, that is. Naturally, I took it to the next level and created a list of my personal favorite sailor songs. As a result, we have Sailor Rock! Thanks, Greg! There are two places to read… Read More
Thank you to Monica and Latitude 38 for another installment of The Resourceful Sailor. This one was off my RADAR for a couple of years and it dropped on August 26, 2026. I think it offers a little bit of humor, chance, and resourcefulness to a bummer situation. Click HERE to be directed to Latitude 38’s ‘Lectronic Latitude and the article, The Resourceful Sailor – A Tankless Job.
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