When Stuff Goes Wrong At Sea
Reading Time: 11 minutesIt’s easy to feel competent when things go well at sea in a yacht, but the real learning begins when stuff goes wrong.
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How To Fly a Drone to Make Awesome Video and Photos At Sea
Reading Time: 8 minutesAndy, of 59˚North, shares his hard-won drone-flying secrets so that you can get the same cool video and stills while sailing offshore that he does.
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Weather Routing In Action
Reading Time: 8 minutesAndy shares how he used his understanding of the weather and strategic route planning, together with high-tech tools, during his recent Atlantic crossing, to make a faster and better passage than just sticking with the normal route would have.
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Automated Weather Routing—Part 1, The Tools
Reading Time: 10 minutesAndy takes a deep dive into the world of automated weather routing, integrated with navigation, and all running on an iPad, a very different approach than the one John has detailed earlier in this Online Book. You can decide which works best for your type of cruising.
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Watt & Sea Hydro Generator Review
Reading Time: 12 minutesAre you considering a hydro generator? Here’s everything you need to know, warts and all, from an experienced user.
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Designing For Dux Rope Rigging—A Paradigm Shift—Part 2
Reading Time: 7 minutesAndy takes a deep dive into when, if and how, to re-rig with Dux high modulus Dyneema rope. Techniques, advantages and disadvantages, it’s all here.
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Dynice Dux, Part 1: Practical Low-Stretch Rope Rigging For Offshore Sailboats
Reading Time: 4 minutesAndy’s a big fan of Dux high modulus rope standing rigging. He takes a look at what Dux is and some really interesting uses for it.
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Things I’ve Learned From Three Refits That Will Help You
Reading Time: 5 minutesAndy Schell summarizes what he has learned from the three refits , and provides some solid hard-earned tips for anyone considering refitting an old boat.
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Giving a Tough Old Ocean Greyhound a New Purpose
Reading Time: 5 minutesMaking over an older quality racing boat into a capable and fast offshore cruising boat.
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Refitting a Wauquiez Hood 38
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhat it takes to refit a good sailboat to make her ocean cruising ready.
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A Trans-Atlantic Boat For Less Than US$100,000
Reading Time: 8 minutesRefitting a 45 year old 35’ Allied Seabreeze Yawl to make her ocean cruising ready.
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