Have you ever seen a map like this? It is called a Pilot Chart, and is my favorite out of all the paper charts on board: it tells you, for each month of the year, the average prevailing wind direction, wind strength and current for any spot in the ocean, based on 100+ years of[…]
“The desire to build a house is the tired wish of a man content thenceforward with a single anchorage. The desire to build a boat is the desire of youth, unwilling yet to accept the idea of a final resting place.” – Arthur Ransome
When a 50+ year boating veteran invites you to go sailing in the ocean on a Saturday morning, you accept without hesitation – especially when it is your same model of boat and you are unschooled in its operation! So we got up early, dropped Bridge off at doggy daycare, and boarded the vessel just[…]
Outfitting an oceangoing sailboat is neither easy nor simple, particularly when the boat is old and even more particularly when you live aboard. It so happens that underneath the very bed we sleep in sit most of the cords that power our 120V electrical outlets (household outlets), pressurized hot and cold water lines, navigation cables,[…]