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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
Murrelet is a very endearing little boat. I was fortunate enough to help her owner, Bertram, step and unstep her mast this summer. It is accompanied by a different video approach than past Resourceful Sailor pieces. It is about using a tripod to step Murrelet‘s mast in the launch ramp parking lot. Thank you to Monica and ‘Lectronic Latitude for publishing The Resourceful Sailor: Stepping a Small Boat Mast With a Tripod… Read More
Thanks to Sugar Flanagan from Alcyone, Erik Brown from Left Coast Charters, and Bertram Levy from the neighborhood for helping make this happen. And thanks to Monica and ‘Lectronic Latitude for ACTUALLY making this happen. It is a charming story of a big boat helping a small boat remove its mast in Port Townsend. One classic and one neo-classic, both are well-cared-for wooden boats and pleasant to look at. But it’s not… Read More
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/
Bricolage – French for Do-It-Yourself! When S/V Breskell transited the Northwest Passage in the summer of 2019, there was a bit of bricolage along the way. The link below offers a new Resourceful Sailor article on Latitude 38‘s online magazine, ‘Lectronic Latitude, highlighting a few examples. Thanks to Tim Henry for publishing it. I hope you enjoy and thanks for checking it out. Click Here for a link to the article.
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