I read an interesting article on why Sweden isn't locking down. They feel that their average Swede will practice safe strategies to prevent...
I watch Marinetraffic every day to track friends movements and also to see what is out and about in and off of San Diego. There are 9 cruise ships...
There are severe penalties for not checking in with Customs here in San Diego. One sailboat that I used to crew on retired from an Ensenada race...
One can dream, and one can act. I know it isn't much, but I've written to my U.S. Senator to broach the subject. How often do things not turn out...
Posters on other forums suggest that any assistance is tied to re-flagging as U.S. and the hiring of U.S. Mariners.
Went to Costco, yesterday. Lots of empty parking spots, which is unusual at that one. Walked up to the entrance, and saw a long line of people. I...
Nice video of the refloat
Many of us are, albeit unwittingly One of the largest sources of plastic bags in the ocean is the result of the bags being blown from landfills...
Interesting videos on the shipyard's website. One launch looks like it's going to do the Northern Roll. Actually, with the haul-out gear shown,...
Did the Hammar hydrostatic release come with?
The thing sure has a lot of seating for a family boat. Sleeps 14 and shows no crew's quarters. Odd that it is "north west ruggedly built", that...
If you are planning for a complete installation in Viet Nam, Latitude 14 degrees N, you definitely should consult the manufacturers of complete...
The photo shows a triple breaker for the 120/240 supply, which would be Line 1, Line 2, and Neutral, ordinarily. There isn't usually a breaker for...
You could store it on the cloud in Dropbox, Onedrive, Google Drive, or others. Then, you could allow download access to certain members cleared by...
There are a couple of boat yards in Savannah Bend that very likely have expert help available. I've stayed at Hinckley Yacht Services in the past,...
They may not be keen on it, since it slows things down. When I asked, it was the packer directly when delivering it to the loading dock. He was...
When your liferaft is due for an inflation test, ask that you be there and get to pull the rope to inflate it. Besides the fun of it, it's good to...
An important feature of offshore versions is the insulated floor. Hypothermia is also a survivability factor in liferaft scenarios. The Vikings...
Before you do anything else, you should go to the marinas you might be interested in and determine what the possibility of getting a liveaboard...
+1. I follow several technical forums, and too many new posts begin "I searched for this but couldn't find it". You have one of the few very good...
