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Q&A: What Should I Look For When Buying An Older Aluminum Boat?
16 CommentsReading Time: 2 minutesFreeRead more: Q&A: What Should I Look For When Buying An Older Aluminum Boat?Question: What advice and cautions would you have regarding buying older aluminum boats? I have been told to pay particular attention to the area under the heads and engine and around the through-hulls. Is there anything else you might be wary about in an older aluminum boat?
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Read more: Northeast Coast Of Newfoundland 2005A number of our friends have written that they have missed our news letters, which have been few and far between lately. Their reminders, plus the quickly approaching holiday season, have galvanized us into doing something about our long silence (due to a very busy schedule, not apathy!).
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Q&A: Would You Sail In The High Latitudes In A Fibreglass Boat?
36 CommentsReading Time: 2 minutesFreeRead more: Q&A: Would You Sail In The High Latitudes In A Fibreglass Boat?Question: Would you cruise the high latitudes in a fibreglass hull?
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Read more: Tank Tender, Hart SystemsOur Tank Tender from Hart Systems is 20 years old and one of the few pieces of original equipment left on Morgan’s Cloud.
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Read more: Recommended Cruising Guides to Atlantic CanadaThe best yacht cruising guides to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Read more: Q&A: Sailing The Strait Of Belle Isle In July
Question: We plan to go through the Strait of Belle Isle about July 1st. Is this practical given ice conditions? I have been told that a northeast wind can choke the Strait with ice at that time of year. I also have been told that ice is less likely on the Newfoundland side of the […]
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Read more: Q&A: Polar Bears, How Serious Is The Risk?
Question: How seriously do I need to take the threat of polar bears in the Arctic?
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Read more: Q&A: Circumnavigation Of Scandinavia Via The White Sea
Question: Do you know if it’s possible to circumnavigate Scandinavia via Holland, the Baltic Sea, St. Petersburg, the Belomorsk Canal, the White Sea, the Norwegian Coast, returning to Holland?
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Q&A: Literature And Sailing Singlehanded On The East Coast Of Greenland
0 CommentsReading Time: 2 minutesFreeRead more: Q&A: Literature And Sailing Singlehanded On The East Coast Of GreenlandQuestion: I am planning to take my boat from North Donegal to the east coast of Greenland. I was planning to make landfall in the area of Kap Dan. My boat is a 38 foot Rival (fiberglass) and I was planning the out bound trip single handed. Could you suggest any literature on the east […]
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Read more: Q&A: Which Paper Charts For Greenland?
Question: What charts do you recommend for cruising Greenland? We have C-Map charts but they have insufficient coverage.
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Read more: Q&A: Newfoundland To Iceland Direct
Question: Is heading from the Strait of Belle Isle towards a point about 200 miles south of Cape Farewell, then heading towards Reykjavik, a practical strategy given your experience with wind, weather and ice?
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Read more: Q&A: What Is The Middle Pack?
Question: I am planning a passage from Cartwright, Labrador to Disko Bay in Greenland leaving about July 1st. You wrote that I should watch out for the ‘Middle Pack’, please explain.
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Read more: Q&A: Newfoundland Via Greenland To The Azores
Question: We plan to sail from St. John’s, Newfoundland mid-June straight to Sisimiut, Greenland direct, if possible. From there spend July and August sailing slowly to Cape Farewell from where we plan to leave bound for the Azores. Any comments?
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Read more: Q&A: North Atlantic Circle Via Iceland
Question: Next May we are taking our new (old) boat on a shakedown to Bermuda and back (our home port is Deltaville, VA, on the southern Chesapeake Bay). After that, we’ve been imagining a summer voyage in the Atlantic, maybe Azores-Ireland-Iceland-Canada-Chesapeake. My question is, is there a good route strategy for this trip?
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Read more: Q&A: Custom Log BookQuestion: I read your article, “Knowing Where You Are“, in January’s Cruising World magazine and was wondering if I could see a copy of your custom log book page.
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Read more: Trident Two-stage Propane Regulator, Problems
The Problem After two days going to windward on the same tack, returning from Svalbard (Spitsbergen) to Norway, our bilge gas alarm went off. We searched everywhere for the source to no avail until I opened the gas bottle locker to a very strong smell of propane.
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Read more: A Prairie Woman Goes To SeaMany sailing writers claim that both people in a couple should have all the skills required to voyage before setting out, but is that really practical, or even desirable? Phyllis says not, and explains why.
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Read more: Q&A: Which Heating System?
Question: What do you use for heating on Morgan’s Cloud?
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Read more: Q&A: Keeping The Boat’s Interior DryQuestion: Is keeping the interior of the boat dry in the midst of prolonged damp, chilly weather, and/or sea spray just a matter of dorade vents, hull insulation and your Espar heater? Do you have success keeping the interior dry or does it inevitably get damp?
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Read more: Espar D8 Forced Air Diesel Heater (8KW)After years of fighting with an unreliable diesel heater, we are very pleased with the Espar heater we installed in 2000. It is one of the bigger ones they make and keeps us toasty in all weather.
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Read more: Taming The Wimp WithinFear, anxiety, call it what you will, most of us have it and going voyaging will trigger those feelings. But fear doesn’t have to spoil your cruise. John shares how he copes with his inner wimp.
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Read more: EchoPilot Forward Scan Sonar FLSII
We have found that having a forward scan sonar has made exploring in the high latitudes safer and more feasible. Instead of feeling our way along at 2 knots when off the charts, we can now travel confidently at 6 knots, since the forward scan reaches out up to 200 meters ahead. Also, the sounder […]
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Read more: Q&A: Getting Greenland Ice Charts By Satellite Phone
Question: What can you tell me about receiving Greenland ice charts by satellite phone? Is it a good solution and more reliable than weather fax?
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Read more: Q&A: How Do We Get Treadmaster To Stick To Aluminum?
Question: We are having trouble getting our Treadmaster deck covering to stay stuck to our bare aluminum deck. What can you tell me about getting epoxy to stick to aluminum reliably?
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Read more: Disassembly And Refit PlansIt all started with six weeks of intense work last June stripping the deck for painting. Every cleat, every track, every fitting and every hatch came off and slowly a 10’x20’ storage unit filled with boat bits.
