Do you see any reason to install a preventer on catamaran ?
Yikes! Well that pricks a few bubbles. One of the world’s best built boats and one of the world’s best…
Hi John, I don’t have anything worthy of a “quote” title in this context, but: In most boating contexts, apart…
Hi John, In 2019 we joined friends on their Leopard 47 for a passage from Tonga to Fiji with a…
Any thoughts from this group on the west coast of Cape Breton Island or possibly circumnavigating Cape Breton Island. The…
Hi Nick, I think we are both on the same page in that I started the part about wind capsize…
Today, I removed the swivel between my anchor and rode and the Walder boom brake attached to my chain plates.…
Hmm, again! I’ve seen the same general discussion on various forums and while the basic physics is correct, stability graphs…
Hi Rob, I agree, the whole thing is far from trivial. I struggle with it every winter after servicing and…
Hi Mark, I love that one, best steaks indeed.
Hi Rob, I just read up on the book and ordered it. Thanks for the recommendation.
Hi Katrien, I guess we differ a bit on that one: While I believe your rule of staying humble is…
I am relatively new to sailing… i sail since Covid, about 5 years now. I have nothing to proove, feeling…
I “imported” two of the MOB2’s returning from a trip to EU. I had tried MOB1 a few years ago,…
I am questioning everything. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. It’s an entertaining read and I’ve…
Great quote. I’ll save that one. As an evidence based practitioner I often forced to accept that some of my…
Hi Bob, Great comment full of interesting food for thought, and thanks for linking to those two videos. I have…
Hi Iain, No I had not. Thanks very much for posting the link. Really made me think, particularly since I’m…
Hi John – have you seen this?: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1240235521013102 Looks like his injuries were sustained in a fall onboard, not overboard,…
Dick, I am trying to figure out the boom end lashing. Could you explain a bit more or share a…