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Warping and Reading – Flicka 20s, a Thunderbird, and a 32-foot ketch

I just published two slow-moving videos about warping boats at the dock on Youtube. One was a re-edit of a previously published video of Sampaguita, a 1985 Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 with a full keel, which I recently discovered had some annoying glitches. I removed the major ones and preserved what I could. The second video is recent and of Corvo, a Thunderbird sailboat, a much lighter boat with a fin keel… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series, The Salish Sea, Video Tags: Boat Haven, book, Charles Dewell, Corvo, Dwight Long, Flicka 20, Idle Hour, kawabunga, Kawabunga's South Sea Adventure, Lectronic Latitude, library, Pacific Seacraft, port townsend, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, Seven Seas, Thunderbird, warp, warped, warping

Warping A Boat Around At The Dock

According to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, the third entry defines ‘warp’ as to move (something, such as a ship) by hauling on a line attached to a fixed object. Thanks to Monica and the crew at ‘Lectronic Latitude for publishing the latest installment of The Resourceful Sailor Series, Warping A Boat Around At The Dock, on April 14, 2021. It includes a video for the first time in RSS history! For the full article… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Marlinspike, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series Tags: 'lectronic latitude, Dock, Flicka 20, Latitude 38, marina, Publish, shallows, The Resourceful Sailor Series, Video, warp, warped, warping