Malaya’s Pedistal
Back on March 5th I posted an article titled Steering Cable Inspection, on the importance of inspecting your steering cables...
Progress on Refit…..
It hasn’t been the fastest refit, a couple of hours after work each day and weekends but progress is being...
Answer 3-2018
This week’s question; What are you going to do navigationally to find your way to Newport after your electronics have...
Question of the Week 3-2018
About once a year in the Bahamas I get asked by someone if they can follow me home to the...
Answer to Question 2-2018
This week I asked six questions concerning soundings or depth information displayed on our charts. It is important we know...
Question of the Week #2-2018
This week’s question has to do with the depth information found on all charts, be they paper or electronic. It...
Answer to Question 1-2018
Answer to the first part of the week’s question; What does √LWL x 1.34 tell us about our boat? Basically,...
Question Of The Week #1-2018
Last winter I stopped posting the Question of the Week during the holidays, well, one thing led to another and...
Sailing Fundamentals, Sailing the Fast Track
We all grew up learning that a straight line is the shortest and thus the fastest way to travel between...
Stanchion Problems
Over the years I have had to fix innumerable problems with life line stanchions and their bases. Deck leaks, bent...