Anchor Rode Marking
When anchoring, it’s important to know how much line, or chain, or combination of the two that you have out. …
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“Pulchritudinously Challenged”
pulchritudinous [ puhl-kri-tood-n-uh s, –tyood– ] adjective physically beautiful; comely. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pulchritudinous Years ago, in writing back and forth with Dave Zeiger …
GREAT AUK Mast
There are enough nice photos of GREAT AUK’s mast going up and down that the subject really warrants its own …
Second Float Test for GREAT AUK
The day after that last post, the boat went in the water again for another quick dip. We were planning …
Shanty Progress
The Next Boat has come a long way since the last writing. There has been test launching, and work on …
The Next Boat
In addition to Race to Alaska prep, this past winter and spring also included work on a boatbuilding project. When …
Fatigue and Seamanship
[Photo: Kent Mullikin] [This post was mostly written about three years ago, but did not make it onto the blog …
r2ak go/no go…
[Photo: Shemaya Laurel] Well, the sad report is that as our go/no go decision date of May 1st approached, I …
r2ak preparation progress
This lovely drawing says it all. Thanks to Dave McDermott, who drew the picture, and to Chris Shelton, whose white …
r2ak charts
Sorting out the chart question for the Race to Alaska has been an ongoing process. The choices range from stacks …
