Rigging

what I look for in blocks…

The situation so far, a needful discussion, and important stuff on NOAA here and here… Some might say I’m simple minded and that might account for what I look for in blocks… simplicity. Hard to get any simpler. right? Well, actually… Low friction rings are the ultimate in simplicity and can often replace some of …

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not that smart at all…

An intelligent cat, a game plan of sorts, and in the “no conflict of interest at all” department… The other day, while trying to organize all my sailboat design links, I came across this bit of Gary Hoyt wonderfulness and found myself being somewhat depressed. I mean, why on earth did this rig not catch …

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five stocking stuffers…

EBM making sense, a very interesting read, and the word for today is “baggywrinkle”… So, yeah, it’s Holidaze season and time to be thinking about stocking stuffers. Books are mostly what I lean towards and Dave Z and Anke’s “Sailing in Place: Our Life Afloat in Southeast Alaska’s Archipelago (Sailing Simple: Means and Mindset)” is …

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everybody knows…

This is nowhere. Face it, we all have our passions and some lucky people (or so I’ve been told) get to share their passions with with a large group of like-minded folks. Then again, some of have passions that are, due to a general lack of interest, more along the lines of a private passion. …

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