About a year ago I was going over the video clips that I had taken since I had started sailing and I thought with a bit more effort I could come up with a sailing video like many of the awesome sailing videos I had seen on YouTube. So I bought a bunch of video […]
Big Boat Basics: Below
The first time you spend more than a few hours on a big boat most of the new things you have to learn are below decks in the cabin. Most of these differences can be boiled down to conservation; conservation of resources that are limited on a boat including electricity, water and space. Fortunately they’re […]
Keep Calm and Harbor Trip On
It’s after midnight, I’m standing on a windswept beach practicing tree pose by the light of a campfire when Mandi hands me an offshore PFD. I suit up and prepare for some rowing because our boat is anchored several football fields to windward and there is a tent shortage on the island: somebody forgot the […]
Sailing Packing Checklist
Updated 30-Nov-2019 I use this checklist when I am packing for a sailing trip. I go through the checklist to remind me about everything I might bring; everything I don’t need I just check off and move on. If I’ve needed it once it’s on the list; this is meant as a list of ideas […]
Passage Evaluation: Antigua to Barbuda
As skipper and navigator just about every time we go out sailing there is “passage” evaluation and planning. Even if it’s as simple as “we have 3 hours, let’s head east for 1 hour and back west for 2” you’re always evaluating options, most of the time intuitively your head. This evaluation gets harder as […]