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By Rustin WrightNever throw anything away you can't retrieve at low tide.Codger's advice as passed on by Mike McConnell I'm a sucker for manifestos... pithy declarations of basic principles. Here's a brace of 'em for the DIY Revolution. Follow links pr...
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Well it comes in pretty handy on this planet, Pal! Tony Rice, speaking of Money Money. Moola. Filthy lucre. I hate it. I want some! The chain linking our culture to subsistent lifestyles has been broken. We’re left reinventing the wheel in diminished environments. We are distracted from this pursuit by...
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Nikola Tesla, Boat Electrician ExtraordinaireThere are few areas, in boating, that attract more gew-gaws, gizmos and gimcrackery than the electrical system.Time was, nobody had one. Oil lamps for cabin, anchor and running lights. Lead lines for soundin...
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Let’s get small. Real small. Steve Martin Anke and I have lived in some small spaces, most of them shared with our late, 50lb dog, Scuppers. You could fit each of them into a walk-in closet, and a few would have room to spare. We always tell folks who ask, “Yeah, but the back...
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Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, Nor life on a single hope. Epictetus There are some nights, me Boys and Girls, where well set anchors are the best of friends!Most cruising advice is to carry three anchors; the bower (usu...
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Rolling out the Red CarpetPhotos courtesy of Jim DangelOne of the hardest parts of on-the-fly boatbuilding, for us, has been sewing up the sails. Finding a big, flat, clean, dry, affordable and empty space in SE Alaska is a challenge. Not all of these ...
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Typical Chart of Tricky BitI hear that the ability to take in significant detail from a perusal of a chart is an acquirable skill.Not me. Not yet, anyway. But not for want of trying!One problem is that it's often wet, windy and wild just as we're negot...
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A well set anchor is a good night's sleep. Wind? Any Fool can sail with wind. It takes a Man to sail without it!One of our Snaggle-Toothed, Water-Rat FriendsSetting anchor under sail is a valuable skill, well documented by serious sailors i...
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In the third world, much of the cooking is done around open, wood fires. We shantyboaters, living as we do in a third world of our own, can benefit from recent innovations in stove technology. Their workings are high tech, but their construction is low tech (or appropriate, if you prefer). One of...
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On board, it's Us or Them! Ya know, when mildew took in a Chinese ship, they'd burn 'em.An unsympathetic Friend on hearing us whine.The greatest challenge we face, living aboard, is not the Sea, the Weather, or even financing the Life.Our greatest chal...
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