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The Course We Steer Looking To Another Year

The swing of a compass in time with the easy motion of a well trimmed sailing craft is mesmerizing. The lubber line is a wandering, even elusive, target in rougher conditions.  The combined mediums of wind and water can present … Continue reading

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Simply Messing About Anytime, Anywhere, It’s All Good

I’ve gotten used to not having much snow about. When you get it hanging around for a week or so it makes you nostalgic for Spring. I see the canoe on it’s saw horses with a blanket of white and … Continue reading

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Boatbuilding In A Small Way

Building a boat, even a small one, can be a large undertaking.  Everything being relative, the size of my budget demands a minuscule boat.  I remain in an extended period of constructive daydreaming.  My hands, however, want to be actively … Continue reading

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The Silent Boatyard At The End of The Year

Winter is the silent season.  Beaches are deserted, marinas grow quiet and cold weather puts a freeze on normal human hub-bub.  The Caribbean may be hopping this time of year but the Olympic Peninsula, where I live is not.  Around … Continue reading

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Sailing Towards Sanity

Ralph Waldo Emerson, “…The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor…” Call me insane. I can’t imagine not being a sailor. Maybe it’s a genetic thing. My Grandfather joined the Merchant Marine prior to WWII.  … Continue reading

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Pointed At Both Ends, What A Concept!

I was just cruising the web looking at boats and having a moment of appreciation for double-enders.  This timeless hull form was not so much developed by the mind of man as simply assembled organically by the hands of natural … Continue reading

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Singlehanded Sailing And The Tao Of Independance

Although I am often unaccompanied by other people on board I never sail alone as I count the boat and it’s most important parts to be equivalent.  Each sail is a crew member.  They are fantastic conversationalists, if you’re listening.  … Continue reading

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Update On Seized Boat Sales

I wrote about the sale of boats seized by the Port of Port Angeles on October 21, 2010.  At the time I featured two boats.  Since that time the seizure notice has disappeared from the 20 foot sailboat and the … Continue reading

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The Weather Outside is Frightful

As I sit here tonight there is about ten inches of snow on the ground outside.  Most of it hit the ground earlier today while I was at work.  The temperature is 25 degrees.  That is pretty low by Port … Continue reading

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Musing on the Wind in the Heart of a Gale

As I sit here tonight it’s blowing half a gale outside.  It is the proverbial, “dark and stormy night.”  The sound of wind is like a time machine.  It takes me to places where the scent of salt air and … Continue reading

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