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3D printer: a tool that might make sense…

When grocery shopping becomes akin to Russian roulette, an Orca story, and today’s number is 90%… The Low Cost Sailor making the case for a 3D printer onboard. I can think of many overpriced little parts where a 3D printer would make all kinds of sense. Sheaves certainly come to mind.

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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losing the cords…

OK, I’ll admit that I have more power tools aboard than the average cruiser. That said, I can build a new mast, a dinghy, or a self-steering gear, and that can both make and save money. My $100 drill press alone has already saved me a few hundred dollars just in doing new chainplates for …

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