An interesting article on navigation, a book I think I need to read, and in the “STUPID STUPID STUPID” department… Yachting Monthly has a most excellent article on the reality of electric propulsion. Really, you should read it. Having had three different electric propulsion systems on “So It Goes”, I’m well acquainted with both the …
Obvious, but still needs to be said, a take on the subject of Zen, and in the “This looks like fun!” department… Not your run of the mill voyage. There’s more over at Ella in the Arctic to check out.
A vengeful whale spirit, backpackers beware, and in the “Yep, Covid is still around” department… The tale of the two German backpackers got me thinking how I, as a sailor, would handle a world where it’s required to have a detailed sailing itinerary. Perplexing thoughts indeed. For instance, I never say that I’m sailing to …
Scalzi wades in, some canal news, and an apt John Lennon quote… I’ve been wanting to read the “The Sturmtaucher Trilogy” by Alan Jones for a long time and finally got around to getting the books (The Gathering Storm, Flight of the Shearwater, and The Turn of the Tide). Several folks have told me they …
This bit of news got me thinking about electric propulsion, various mindsets on sailing and what passes for the norm where sailing is concerned. Now, as someone who spent over a decade obsessed with getting affordable electric propulsion to work as a sustainable system aboard “So It Goes”, it’s safe to say that I’ve spent …
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Off Center Harbor has a truly excellent two part video on sail trim featuring Carol Hasse that you might want to check out… It’s well worth the price of admission.
I find it interesting that in the sailing world so much emphasis is devoted to having the best of the best and how little emphasis there is the the process of learning how to use it… So, just why is sailing education so unpopular here in the states? People take classes to learn to ski …
Over at Simply Sailing Online there’s a post that makes a lot of sense… You really should read it if you have not already. I mention it because there are a lot of people who think that having stuff is what makes them safe. As opposed to something, shall we say, as mundane of being …
