Some needful watching…
Vixen’s Voyage from Nicole Halabisky on Vimeo.
Media
Everywhere I look…
Just about everywhere I look there are opportunities to get afloat in good boats for not very much… For instance, today over on Sailboat Listings there’s an Alberg 35 project boat with an asking price of $900. While it needs a lot of sweat equity and some money/materials thrown at it, considering that the lead …
on the $1200 stainless steel pulpit thang…
The other day I was watching the “Maritime Lemonade Stand” which is a video series of a guy who plans to sail around the world and support himself selling lemonade… It’s entertaining. Seriously, the guy is funny and brings a whole new take to the dynamic and, as such, it’s well worth watching. It’s also …
A boat project you may want to follow…
Annie Hill (yes that Annie Hill) is currently building a junk rig boat and documenting it, more or less, over on the Junk Rig Association forum.The most recent Junk Rig Association magazine also has a good article on the subject. Interesting stuff… Offhand, seems like a good time to join the Junk Rig Association.
about those moorings…
Tom Cunliffe on anchoring and suchlike…
Some good reading…
There’s an excellent article in the new Latitude 38 (the best free sailing magazine around) about emergency rudders on the cheap. You should really give it a read… Really.