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Q&A: Sailing From Halifax To Bermuda In November
9 CommentsReading Time: 2 minutesFreeRead more: Q&A: Sailing From Halifax To Bermuda In NovemberQuestion: I just brought my 34-foot sailboat down the Saint Lawrence to Nova Scotia, and I’m considering making the passage to Bermuda in November and then continuing further south for the winter. I’ve been hearing all kinds of differing opinions about the safety of heading out from Halifax in November, and I thought you could […]
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Gone Sailing
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Read more: Gone SailingThree weeks ago we sailed away from our cottage in Nova Scotia where we had spent most of the summer while Morgan’s Cloud went round and round her mooring and we did boat chores in an effort to tie up the loose ends left over from our refit.
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Anchor Rode Questions and Answers
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Read more: Anchor Rode Questions and AnswersOver the years we have answered many questions about putting together a good anchor rode. In this chapter we have gathered some of those answers together.
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Q&A: Trans-Atlantic Singlehanded
0 CommentsReading Time: 2 minutesFreeRead more: Q&A: Trans-Atlantic SinglehandedQuestion: I’m at a point in my life when it’s time to live the dream that I’ve had since childhood and that’s to sail across the Atlantic single handed. I’m a complete beginner to sailing. I’m currently doing a skipper’s course which will take me up to advanced cruising, coastal navigation and radio operation, although […]
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Puke Therapy
0 CommentsReading Time: 2 minutesFreeRead more: Puke TherapyWe are in the third year of a one year refit and up until two weeks ago it was getting to me—big time. As far as I was concerned, all marine equipment was junk and almost everyone in the marine business was a crook. Our boat seemed to be a collection of half finished projects […]
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Anchor Angst
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Read more: Anchor AngstThe other day I was idly paging through the posts on a cruising forum about anchoring and marveling at the level of energy and emotion, not to mention the sheer volume of posts, that this subject seems to elicit.
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Messing Around In Boats
0 CommentsReading Time: < 1 minuteFreeRead more: Messing Around In BoatsYesterday I spent a couple of hours in our neighbour’s Boston Whaler sounding out the inlet our cabin is on and then carefully positioning a plastic bottle anchored by a rock as a marker for the barge that will drop our new mooring.
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Why Go North? For The Light
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Read more: Why Go North? For The LightWhy do we keep returning to the north, you ask? For one thing, there is a quality to the light in the north that is indescribable—you have to see it to believe it!
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An Attainable Adventure Cruise?
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Read more: An Attainable Adventure Cruise?We spent Christmas in Nova Scotia. Phyllis’s family visited and her brother expressed interest in seeing the world record—there is some debate about this with some claiming that honor for Ungava Bay—tides in the Bay of Fundy; a great idea that spawned a car outing on a clear crisp day.
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Which Way Around Newfoundland?
2 CommentsReading Time: < 1 minuteFreeRead more: Which Way Around Newfoundland?Question:Based on your experience, would you do such a circumnavigation clockwise or the other way?
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It Takes Guts To Own A Wooden Boat
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Read more: It Takes Guts To Own A Wooden BoatOur neighbour here in Down East Maine, where we have been refitting Morgan’s Cloud for the last three winters, is Jeff: lobsterman, talented photographer, Persian carpet dealer and, for the last two years, wooden sailboat owner.
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Q&A: Which Autopilot Drive?
54 CommentsReading Time: 2 minutesFreeRead more: Q&A: Which Autopilot Drive?Some thoughts on autopilot drive types and reliability.
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Q&A: Windvane Or Autopilot?
24 CommentsReading Time: 2 minutesFreeRead more: Q&A: Windvane Or Autopilot?Do you prefer a windvane or an autopilot for longer passages?
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Autopilot Installation Problems and Lessons Learned
1 CommentReading Time: 2 minutesFreeRead more: Autopilot Installation Problems and Lessons LearnedLessons learned from a poorly installed autopilot, and how we fixed it.
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Q&A: Do You Carry Survival Suits?
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Read more: Q&A: Do You Carry Survival Suits?Question: Do you carry survival suits and do you do anything special for working in the dinghy? I’ve seen ice suits, and all sorts of combo work/survival suits and we are wondering if we should carry something similar for the wilder areas?
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Q&A: Rod Rigging Replacement
22 CommentsReading Time: < 1 minuteFreeRead more: Q&A: Rod Rigging ReplacementQuestion: Our Swan 51 is at Morris Yachts for a mini refit this winter and my plan, in addition to everything else, is to start to replace some of the existing rod rigging. It turns out that the rod is 24 years old. Navtec says it should be replaced every 11 years or 30,000 miles. […]
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Q&A: Newfoundland To Europe Via The Azores In June
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Read more: Q&A: Newfoundland To Europe Via The Azores In JuneQuestion: We would like to seek your advice on my next summer’s trip from Newfoundland to the Azores, then on to Europe. We left our boat in Newfoundland last year and plan to leave for Europe in June to avoid the hurricane season.
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Q&A: Maine To Ireland In June
17 CommentsReading Time: 2 minutesFreeRead more: Q&A: Maine To Ireland In JuneQuestion: I am a 46 year old professional in fairly good health and in good shape. I am wanting to reverse the steps of my great-great-grandfather, sailing from Belfast, Maine to Bantry Bay, Ireland. I plan to leave June 3rd, 2011. What is my best/safest route? What time frame should I use? I have calculated […]
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Q&A: BVI To The Chesapeake Bay In October
0 CommentsReading Time: < 1 minuteFreeRead more: Q&A: BVI To The Chesapeake Bay In OctoberQuestion: We are bringing our Beneteau 411 from the BVI via the Bahamas to the Chesapeake Bay, leaving the end of October. The first leg of the trip, from the BVI to the Bahamas, is going to be the two of us (my husband and I). From the Bahamas to the Chesapeake Bay we will […]
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Northern Lights Generator, Model M643 (5KW)
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Death By A Thousand Details
0 CommentsReading Time: < 1 minuteFreeRead more: Death By A Thousand DetailsOver the last 35 years of offshore boat ownership (there were dinghies before that) I have done four major refits and a complete rebuild—I’m beginning to think that this may be seriously sick behavior. But, be that as it may, at this point in the process, with the launch date looming large, we have entered […]
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There’s No Excuse For Pounding
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Read more: There’s No Excuse For PoundingIn this chapter I have a good old rant about one of the most common and unpleasant faults of many modern designs that claim to be offshore capable. Reading this chapter could save you from buying a boat you will come to hate.
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Q&A: Is An Aluminum Catamaran Suitable For The High Latitudes?
1 CommentReading Time: 2 minutesFreeRead more: Q&A: Is An Aluminum Catamaran Suitable For The High Latitudes?Question: I would like to do some cruising in the high latitudes and am in the process of planning a boat to take me there. You and others, like Jimmy Cornell, are very partial to alloy boats and I agree it seems to be the way to go. But I also like catamarans. I can […]
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A Motorsailer For Offshore Voyaging?
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Read more: A Motorsailer For Offshore Voyaging?Carrying on from the last chapter, I take a look at motorsailers, again by answering a question from a reader. Do motorsailers make sense for offshore cruising? Read on to find out.
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At What Age should You Stop Sailing And Buy a Motorboat?
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Read more: At What Age should You Stop Sailing And Buy a Motorboat?Is there an age when you should buy a motorboat or motorsailer, rather than a sailboat, for offshore voyaging? I take a look at that by answering a question from a reader.
