If you don’t understand Anabatic and Katabatic winds , please read up on them quickly. Anabatic winds create our afternoon sea breeze which blows onshore
When I looked at refitting the boat for liveaboard one of the big items on my list was the tools I wanted to carry on
After a bit of research and also some trial and error I discovered, soldering is a bad way to make electrical connections on a boat.
We anchor at Badija Island to visit a 14th century Franciscan Monastery and circumnavigate the island by foot … meeting fallow deer along the way
One of the tools I bought was a Fluke Clamp meter, the 325 model. This thing gets used extensively, like all the time. It has
This will mean that there is a sideload on your boom so it won’t slap back and forth, you won’t need too much tension on
We’ve learnt to drop our anchor chain promptly with the clutch release method so it all dumps quickly, letting out 30-40m of chain immediately. Then
Thanks to the blowing bora, we have a gutsy and gusty sail to the childhood island home of Dida – he’d be so proud that we’ve made it all the way to Korčula
When I installed my B&G radar I was told I needed a connection box at the base of the mast or else the signal would
When I learned to sail, the Bowline (most often used knot), the Clove hitch, Round and two hitches these were all made to be important.