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Read more: Sometimes It Seemed Like it Might Never HappenAfter a winter in the Canaries, it’s time to head for Dakar, Senegal, about a week away. The forecast is looking good, “Pèlerin” is loaded to the gunwales with food, fuel and water, and all systems seem to be behaving.
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Read more: Broken Skipper—What We Did RightJohn discusses the things he and Phyllis did right when dealing with his life-threatening injury.
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Read more: Hydro PowerMeeting daily electricity needs using power and solar while at anchor is one thing, but what about when passagemaking? Solar can only do so much and wind generation works best when sailing to windward. So is hydro the answer? Colin talks about the pros and cons of hydro generation.
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Read more: Broken Skipper—What HappenedJohn describes a very serious injury he sustained while hiking and how incredibly helpful the Wilderness First Aid Course he and Phyllis took the year before was to managing this life-threatening situation.
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Read more: Solar PowerThere are very few cruising boats these days that don’t have a solar panel fitted somewhere, and many have some pretty substantial arrays. Based on five years of real-world experience, Colin gives some tips and recommendations for how to get the maximum benefit from solar.
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Read more: Lopolight—Beware The Time Suck Of ComplexityLet’s face it, there is never enough time to keep a boat that is actively out there voyaging in perfect condition: Or at least, there is never enough time if we actually want to see the places we visit and have a life outside of boat maintenance. Therefore, we have to prioritize and be careful […]
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Read more: McCallum, Newfoundland—Where Brooms Can TalkMcCallum is another friendly Hermitage Bay village with a quirky custom.
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Read more: Wind GeneratorsShould you install a wind generator on your boat? Find out from someone who has cruised with one for 5 years—invaluable real-world experience.
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Read more: Hermitage, Newfoundland—A Warm WelcomeA visit to Hermitage to do the laundry became a visit filled with great experiences in an unexpected treasure of a place.
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Read more: Arctic Voyage eBookSee more pictures and learn more about our 2011 voyage in the eBook, “A Voyage North on Morgan’s Cloud” (free for members).
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Read more: Renewable PowerThrough a combination of planning, frugality, solar and wind power, Colin and Lou have never had to run the engine of their OVNI 435 to charge their batteries when at anchor. How did they manage that? Read on to find out how.
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Read more: John’s Thoughts & Photos, September 2012A great piece by Charley Doane over at Wavetrain on the folly of carrying jerry jugs of fuel on deck and how to make it unnecessary with smart motor-sailing.
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Read more: Gaultois, Newfoundland—A Flying VisitGaultois doesn’t see very many visiting sailboats and so the townsfolk come to the wharf to visit. Unfortunately, on this visit the weather didn’t allow Morgan’s Cloud to stay long.
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Read more: You Pays Your Money…Just made for the job One refreshing thing about Spain is that it is still a country where people carry out many of their own repairs. Evidence of this can be seen in the number of ironmongers (ferreterias) that still exist in even relatively minor towns, Aladdin’s caves filled with every conceivable item for some […]
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Read more: Francois, Newfoundland—”The Epic”The outport of Francois has a lot to offer, including a floating dock and hiking—everything from short strolls on the boardwalk to an epic.
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Read more: Long Thin Boats Are CoolA fundamental fact of yacht design is that if you want to move a given displacement—which is the only sensible way to compare boat sizes—through the water without planing, the most efficient hull form is long and thin, as demonstrated by Steve and Linda Dashew’s 83-foot motorboat, Wind Horse. A boat that can move her […]
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Read more: A Dangerous Myth about ReefingThere are probably more myths and downright wrong recommendations published about reefing than any other subject. In this chapter John exposes one of them and then goes on to explain how to do it right.
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Read more: The Best Days Of Our Lives?Will we get there on time? Those of us with a few years under our belt have seen extraordinary changes in the world of sailing during our lifetimes, not just in terms of the sailing performance of the boats we sail, but also in their comfort and safety, which in turn generates the confidence for […]
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Read more: What Is It With Yachties?John and I were working below, tied up to the dock in Hermitage—a place that doesn’t get a lot of visiting boats—when we heard a thump on the deck. Poking his head out the companionway, John was met with a bag of perch fillets, from fish caught in the bay that day, landed from a […]
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Read more: Staying On Your Feet—The Right FootwearOne thing we have a ban on aboard Pèlerin is going around the decks with no shoes. Stubbed toes can easily be badly damaged, as I found out one night in a pitch-dark harbour when another yacht announced that they were coming alongside by the simple expedient of slamming straight into the side of us. Leaping […]
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Read more: Ramea, Newfoundland—Road-Served But Still Out ThereRamea, though on an island off the south coast of Newfoundland, is served by a car ferry from the road-connected town of Burgeo.
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Read more: Staying On Your Feet—Deck CoveringsStaying safe on deck needn’t be an eyesore. Question: What’s one of the easiest ways to sustain a serious injury on a yacht? Answer. A fall. Question: What’s one of the easiest ways to prevent that happening? Answer: Decent non-slip everywhere! So why is such a simple way of staying safe so often ignored? When […]
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Read more: Doctor and White Bear, Newfoundland—Two South Coast FjordsThe south coast of Newfoundland offers two beautiful fjord anchorages at Doctor Harbour and White Bear Bay.
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If They’re Good Enough For Seals, They’re Good Enough For Us
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Read more: If They’re Good Enough For Seals, They’re Good Enough For UsA while ago I wrote about how we keep our hands warm when sailing and a number of commentors mentioned they really like Sealskinz gloves. Well, when something gets that much good press, who are we to argue? So we went ahead and bought ourselves a pair of Chillblocker Sealskinz gloves. And yes, you all […]
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Read more: Setting The AnchorColin shares his technique for making sure the anchor is well set.
