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Read more: The Best Camera Is The One You’ve GotFor most casual photographers a small point and shoot is the best option, not least because you are more likely to be carrying it when you come across a great shot. But how do you choose among the scores of offerings? John takes you through the features that matter and recommends a specific camera.
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Read more: Your Boat Should Forgive YouMany of you will be aware of the sinking of the sail training vessel Concordia off the Brazilian Coast last year. The Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) have now completed their report. I see lessons in it for all of us that go to sea, albeit rather different ones than those trumpeted in the media.
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Read more: Q&A: Mixing Battery Sizes In One BankQuestion: Due to space considerations I want to use two 105 amp hour and two 150 amp hour batteries as a house battery bank. Would this arrangement be detrimental to the smaller batteries?
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Read more: Arctic Voyage Milestones“Morgan’s Cloud” returns to her mooring in Nova Scotia, 4 months, 7000 miles, and 60 degrees of latitude later.
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Read more: It’s A Forecast, Not A ProphecyIn the last chapter I wrote about the importance of understanding the weather systems in a wide area around you rather than just looking at a GRIB or forecast for your immediate area. I believe this is so important that I’m going to write about another storm to drive the point home.
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Read more: Internal Volume—Too Much In The Wrong Place?As Colin writes, if the huge internal volume in a lot of modern sailboats was used to increase storage capacity, it might be somewhat justified. But if all of it is taken up with berths and shower units, then where does all the ‘stuff’ go?
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Read more: Cruising, The Unexpected Fun ExperiencesWe were tied up alongside a fishery wharf in northern Newfoundland when the roar of powerful engines brought us tumbling up from below to see two seine boats attached stern to stern by a thick line and both at full throttle.
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Read more: Labrador—A Cruising Destination, Not A Way StopCould Labrador be your next attainable adventure? Find out more.
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Read more: Internal Volume—Ready For Sea?Colin talks about the importance of designing boats for safety and comfort while at sea, not just when in harbour.
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Read more: Volume—And Its EffectsColin discusses the implications for sailing performance and general boat handling of high freeboard, a wide coachroof, and beam carried well aft.
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Read more: The Importance Of The Big PictureIn this chapter I’m going to discuss a real world example of how we used the tools we have discussed in this book to manage a weather risk while transiting Hudson Strait and the northern coast of Labrador—no place to get caught by bad weather.
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Read more: Parallel Or Swept-Back Spreaders?Colin charters a sailboat with swept back spreaders and laments this boat design feature.
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Read more: The Land God Gave To Cain Or Nunatsiavut?Labrador: The Land God Gave to Cain or Nunatsiavut (Our beautiful land)? The crew of “Morgan’s Cloud” make their decision.
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Read more: Baffin Island, Still Scary After All These YearsBaffin Island: “You might as well put a pistol to your head and pull the trigger”.
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Read more: Modern Yacht Design—What Do We Need?Colin charters a sailboat and finds out what has gone wrong with production sailboat design.
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Read more: Voyagers And Greenlandic Fishermen—What We Have In CommonAs a visiting cruiser there are two ways to approach a different culture like that of Greenland: Continually complain about the inconveniences and criticize the differences from the way of life back home, or embrace the differences and try and learn from them.
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Read more: Science Project Wrap-UpWhat to southerners is a hostile environment, is home to Greenlandics…albeit a rapidly changing home, as a summary of the scientist’s findings confirms.
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Read more: A Change Of LatitudeWe’ve just returned from two weeks in the western isles of Scotland, carrying out a short basking shark survey, our first in the area since 2006. Fortunately for us, the weather came good, and we had two weeks of light to moderate winds, with just the odd bit of wind and rain to remind us […]
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Read more: A Windlass That Makes The GradeMost windlasses fitted to production cruising boats are simply inadequate and can leave you in very deep yogurt when things go wrong. In this chapter we show you what to look for in a good windlass and tell you about a feature, the lack of which contributes to about half of the dragging incidences we see.
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Read more: Anchoring DecisionsA discussion on when, and when not, to use shorefasts when anchoring in difficult conditions.
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Read more: Upernavik And North“Morgan’s Cloud” reaches her furthest north for this trip, in the Upernavik region, which takes the vigilance up a notch with more extreme weather and less accurate charting.
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Read more: Africa At Last!Colin and Louise start their voyage with a passage from Spain to Morocco.
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Read more: A Science Project, The Crew’s RoleManaging a sailboat in ice-filled waters with insecure anchorages on a schedule…a recipe for stress!
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Read more: A Brief Report From Disko And Uummannaq FjordsThe scientist visits villages in Disko and Uummannaq Fjords and the crew of “Morgan’s Cloud” experience climate change firsthand.
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Read more: Serenity Served With Coffee And CakeThe crew of Morgan’s Cloud attend a confirmation party and experience a crash course in cultural differences.
