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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Last winter I stopped posting the Question of the Week during the holidays, well, one thing led to another and […]
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 […]
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