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Read more: Coming Alongside (Docking)—Backing In, Part 1The general wisdom, repeated over and over again on wharves, in sailors’ bars, and on the forums, is that it’s difficult to back a boat into a tight space, and impossible if said boat has a long keel. But that’s just dead wrong. John shares backing techniques that will work, and even make the process easy, with most any boat.
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Read more: Surviving The Boatyard—Part 2Managing a boatyard stay is all about good planning and getting the details right. Colin provides vital tips that will help from haul to re-launch.
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Read more: Working While Cruising—Our Offices on “Morgan’s Cloud”More and more cruisers are working while cruising at jobs that require long hours at a computer. And even among cruisers who leave their jobs completely behind when they head out, many are blogging as well as editing photographs and video; all computer intensive. Here’s a look at the gear we use and where we work day to day.
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Read more: Surviving The Boatyard—Part 1A simple guide from Colin on how to select, manage and (perhaps?) enjoy your stay in the boatyard, wherever it may be.
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Read more: Which Is The Best Boat For Offshore Cruising?The debate is incessant in the cruising community: what is the best cruising boat? John comes up with an answer that may surprise you.
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Read more: Running Rigging Recommendations—Part 2How to select the right rope diameters, attach sheets and halyards to sails the right way, and keep chafe from ruining your day.
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Read more: Weather Routing In ActionAndy 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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Read more: Running Rigging Recommendations—Part 1Detailed recommendations, including brand names, for running rigging for cruising sailboats.
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Read more: 29 Aluminum Boat Care Tips—Part 3The final chapter in John’s magnum opus on aluminum boat care. Includes some good news about how durable the material really is and some thoughts on why you might want to buy a boat built of it.
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Read more: John’s Thoughts & Photos—November 2017John’s thinking about food (always), cool tools, stinky towels, and other stuff.
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Read more: Automated Weather Routing—Part 1, The ToolsAndy 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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Read more: 29 Aluminum Boat Care Tips—Part 2What started as a simple list post is now a care manual for aluminum boat owners. If you are an aluminum boat owner or are considering buying an aluminum boat, don’t miss this series, it could save you tens of thousands of dollars and untold heartache.
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Read more: Q&A, Coming Alongside (Docking) With Twin RuddersJohn tackles a frequently-asked question about how to dock with twin rudders.
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Read more: 29 Aluminum Boat Care Tips—Part 1A quarter century of caring for an aluminum boat has taught John a lot and he is sharing it all.
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Read more: The Boat to RV TransitionMany waterborne cruisers have thought about trying the land-based version. Matt, who has done a bunch of the later, explores the challenges and rewards.
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Read more: Lessons From An Ocean-Racing CookJohn nostalgically buys a book written by a cook on ocean racers and Phyllis extrapolates!
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Read more: Seven Skills We DON’T Need to Go CruisingLearning everything we need to go cruising can be overwhelming, but John helps by exposing seven commonly-recommended skills we actually don’t need to master and, better still, sharing simple filters that will help all of us decide what’s not important so we can focus on what is.
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Read more: Meeting Up With Steve and Linda DashewMeeting up with Steve and Linda Dashew is always both fun and fascinating, with a lot to learn about offshore voyaging in boats of any size, even though their designs are way beyond the reach of most of us. John shares two of those lessons.
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Read more: The Golden Globe Race—The Boats and the RefitsIn Part 3 of his analysis of the Golden Globe Race, Colin examines the boats selected, cost of refits, and most importantly, how that relates to realistic budgets for cruisers planning to buy an old boat and upgrade it for ocean voyaging.
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Read more: Don’t Swim Near MarinasMost of us know about the risk of electric shock drowning in fresh water, but what about in sea water? Should we be concerned?
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Read more: The Golden Globe Race—The Good News and The Bad NewsColin’s eagerly anticipated update on his involvement in the 2018 Golden Globe Race as project manager for one of the competitors.
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Read more: You’ve Got To Kiss a Few Frogs…Cruising definitely has its ups and downs. Phyllis talks about one of the downs and the ups too.
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Read more: A Taste of LabradorSouthern Labrador turns out to be a wonderful arctic-lite cruising ground.
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Read more: We Love The Way Our Anchor DragsJohn explores a little-known selection criteria that every anchor buyer should know about.
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Read more: Seamanship is Hard to DoSeamanship is a word that gets bandied about all the time in the cruising community. But what does seamanship really mean? John and Phyllis get a hard real-world reminder.
