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Atlantic Sailing: Daggerboard Control, Watermaker Maintenance & Speed Secrets

Atlantic Sailing: Daggerboard Control, Watermaker Maintenance & Speed Secrets There’s a version of offshore sailing that looks like one continuous, deliberate passage plan. The reality, most days, is closer to a string of small problems solved in real time — and a good tradewind leg across the Atlantic tends to produce exactly that kind of

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Downwind Spinnaker Trim: Windward Bow, Twist, and Reading the Apparent Wind

Downwind Spinnaker Trim: Windward Bow, Twist, and Reading the Apparent Wind Halfway across the Atlantic, in solid 20-knot trade winds with the sea state finally settling down, is about as good a moment as any for a proper downwind trim lesson — and this one covers something that trips up a lot of sailors moving

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Mid-Atlantic Repairs and Growing Crew: Canary Islands to the Caribbean

Mid-Atlantic Repairs and Growing Crew Part two of the Canary Islands to Caribbean crossing on our modified Crowther catamaran. The ride so far has been fast, and sometimes a bit fruity. A Batten Receptacle Lets Go Partway through, one of the 3D-printed batten receptacles blew out — the threaded section pulled clean out of its

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new front beam and longeron with trampoline installed

Atlantic Crossing Part 1: Las Palmas to the Caribbean via Morocco

Crossing the Atlantic: Las Palmas to the Caribbean The Atlantic crossing started in light airs out of Las Palmas, following the Moroccan coastline south — a stretch of ocean that turned out to be more eventful than the wind speed suggested. A Visit From the Moroccan Coast Guard A patrol boat closed in on AIS

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Discovering Chainplate Movement: Bolt Failure and Bulkhead Rot

Discovering Chainplate Movement: Bolt Failure and Bulkhead Rot Some problems on a boat announce themselves. Others hide in plain sight for years, waiting for the right conditions to become visible. This one falls firmly into the second category — and it only came to light because of an unrelated job Shayne had done not long

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Atlantic Sailing: Daggerboard Control, Watermaker Maintenance & Speed Secrets

Downwind Spinnaker Trim: Windward Bow, Twist, and Reading the Apparent Wind

Mid-Atlantic Repairs and Growing Crew: Canary Islands to the Caribbean

Atlantic Crossing Part 1: Las Palmas to the Caribbean via Morocco

Discovering Chainplate Movement: Bolt Failure and Bulkhead Rot

Boat preparation in Las Palmas, Canary Islands