Q and A—Trucking a Boat
Reading Time: 6 minutes
Trucking a boat can be a viable, and in some cases less expensive option than sailing her, but what are the pitfalls?
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A Real World Tested Tool Kit For Cruisers
Reading Time: 9 minutes
A recommended kit that weighs less than sixty pounds and tool budgets for coastal and offshore cruising, as well as refits.
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Five Boat Lift Usage Tips
Reading Time: 10 minutes
A hair-raising account of a boat-lift collapse and tips to reduce the chances of this happening to us.
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Adventure 40 Reveal—Salon and Forward Cabin
Reading Time: 12 minutes
In the last interior arrangement reveal article we covered the galley, head, and storage areas aft. Now let’s move forward into the salon and forward cabin.
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John’s Tips, Tricks and Thoughts—January
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A baker’s dozen of posts this month, including tablet navigation and Iridium Exec.
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Balancing Battery Bank and Solar Array Size
Reading Time: 12 minutes
It’s easy to assume that the bigger the battery bank and solar array the better, but there’s a much better way to optimize the system for a live-aboard cruising boat, which will save a bundle of money too.
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Going Up The Mast at Sea
Reading Time: 12 minutes
Up to now in this series we have been looking at going up the mast in sheltered water, but when we need to go up offshore everything gets hugely more difficult and risky. As usual, preparation is the key to safety and success.
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A Simple Way to Decide Between Lithium or Lead-Acid Batteries for a Cruising Boat
Reading Time: 8 minutes
With all the claims and counterclaims for the two chemistries, how on earth do we make the right decision?
Good news, it’s not hard.
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Adventure 40 Reveal—Galley, Head, and Aft Storage
Reading Time: 13 minutes
A good galley, storage, and head layout are much of what makes an offshore live-aboard cruising sailboat great. The A40 design nails these requirements.
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John’s Tips, Tricks and Thoughts—December
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This area of the site continues to evolve in fun and useful ways.
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Happy Holidays From Phyllis & John
Reading Time: 4 minutes
The world seems messed up, but people are back out cruising and there are other good things to focus on.
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Gear Leveling and Mounting Hack
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Boats are not square so it’s often necessary to mount gear at an angle and/or on a curved surface.
Here’s the easy way to do that.
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Going Up The Mast—Four Dangerous But Common Mistakes
Reading Time: 8 minutes
John highlights four more dangerous mistakes he has made and seen many others make too. With these mistakes fixed, he is now reasonable happy with his system.
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Give an AAC Membership For Christmas
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Stuck for a Christmas gift?
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How To Do Amateur Engineering¹
Reading Time: 7 minutes
From time to time we get a question asking us to opine on whether a modification to the boat or rig will be strong enough. Let’s look at that.
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