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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.

“You gotta eat.” Thank you to Small Craft Advisor, Josh, and the subscribers for supporting The Resourceful Sailor and publishing The Resourceful Sailor: One Pan to Cook Them All!. It’s a practical approach to small boat cooking and eating. CLICK HERE to be directed to the Small Craft Advisor and the article.

Check out The Resourceful Sailor on Small Craft Advisor on September 6, 2025, where I talk about one of my favorite tools in The Resourceful Sailor Asks, “What Is Your Favorite Tool and Why?” Feel free to let us know what your fave is. There is no wrong answer! Click the images below to be directed to the SCA website and the article.

This is the second part of a two-part mini-series of The Resourceful Sailor and Murrelet. This one is like the title says, The Resourceful Sailor: Stepping a Small Sailboat Mast Using a Tripod. Thank you to Josh and Small Craft Advisor for republishing it on August 18, 2025, just in time for the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. It was originally published on August 15, 2025, on ‘Lectronic Latitude. Click HERE to… Read More

SCA, short for Small Craft Advisor, has republished The Resourceful Sailor Series installment, The Resourceful Sailor Asks, “What’s That Bracket Racket?” on July 7, 2025. Thanks to Josh and crew. It’s about replacing an aging outboard bracket on Sampaguita, a 1985 Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20. This installment of The Resourceful Sailor first appeared in ‘Lectronic Latitude in two parts on June 14 and June 17, 2019. Click HERE to be directed to… Read More

Small Craft Advisor has continued to support The Resourceful Sailor with the publishing of Tales from the Northwest Passage: The Resourceful Sailor and Arctic Bricolage, Part One on Jun 25, 2025. This installment first appeared in ‘Lectronic Latitude. It discusses a few resourceful antics applied during Breskell‘s 2019 transit of the Northwest Passage Click HERE to be routed to the article. Thanks for stopping by.

I’m grateful to Small Craft Advisor’s publishing of this installment of The Resourceful Sailor. It first appeared in ‘Lectronic Latitude on Jan. 8, 2021. It is about working on the oval bronze portlights found on the mid-80’s era Pacific Seacraft boats. Click the logo below to be directed to the article.

Small Craft Advisor has re-published The Resourceful Sailor installment, Outboard Thermostats: The Resourceful Sailor has an Open and Closed Case on May 16, 2025. And thanks to Josh Colvin for doing so. The article is about testing and replacing an outboard thermostat. Click the logo to be redirected to the page.

The Small Craft Advisor has republished The Resourceful Sailor Goes Baggywrinkle on May 2nd, 2025. Special thanks to Josh Colvin. If you always wondered what a baggywrinkle were, this might clear it up, or maybe, create more questions. You should read it and find out. Thanks for giving it a go. Click here to read on.

Thank you to Josh at Small Craft Advisor for republishing The Resourceful Sailor Performs Sail Surgery. This is about a DIY sail repair of the 80% jib’s leech line. Remember, it’s not a sail repair if you haven’t stabbed yourself with the needle! Click the SCA logo below to be directed to the article. Thanks for stopping by.