Following the vendee globe and reading books from the likes of Bernard Moitessior has developed my interest in single handed sailing over the years. The total freedom to sail whenever I want is appealing. The only snag was I needed some sort of self steering to do any substantial single handed sailing e.g simply putting…
Blue Water is a feature documentary about crossing oceans. One of life's great adventures.Definitely recommend watching it. Check it out here: http://bluewaterfilm.org/
Decided to rebuild my 6 old Lewmar two-speed self tailing winches on Stops. The starboard winch on the coachroof used to pull up the main halyard was also making some grinding noises.. not good.. Having done this a few times now, here are some tips to make this easier: Dismantle one winch a time so…
Almost as exciting as the Italian Job: the bottom paint job on Stops! It involved a stealthy delivery to Alameda under thick fog, life threatening situations (using toxic paints) and a female character who get's saved..(Stops and her bottom). No Mini cars, Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie but apart from that it was exactly the…