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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
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.
There will be two chances to catch The Resourceful Sailor at this year’s Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival: Friday, Sept.11th, 1 PM, at the Innovation Stage – https://woodenboatfestival2026.sched.com/event/2NIxG/the-resourceful-sailor-creative-solutions-to-boat-modifications-and-repairs Sunday, Sept. 13th, 1PM at the Boatyard Stage – https://woodenboatfestival2026.sched.com/event/2NJ8F/the-resourceful-sailor-creative-solutions-to-boat-modifications-and-repairs For more information about the Festival: https://woodenboat.org/
Thanks to Small Craft Advisor for re-publishing The Resourceful Sailor Secures Sampaguita’s Drop Boards on June 29, 2026. It involves a simple, low-cost solution for securing companionway drop boards. I thank Josh Colvin and the crew for their continued support. Click HERE to be directed to the article. Thanks for stopping by.
A special thank you to Norris Comer and Todd Feinroth for reading and reviewing The Resourceful Sailor: 45 Resourceful Essays in the May/June 2026 issue of Nautical Northwest Magazine. It was very kind of them. If you are unaware, Nautical Northwest Magazine is a new publication available in print and online. As you can imagine, it focuses on the many facets of the Pacific Northwest maritime scene. Click HERE to be directed… Read More
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