Sailing Techniques

Repairing and Sailing a Traditional Vela Latina

Helping Out on a Vela Latina Some jobs start with “can you come help me for an hour” and turn into a full lamination masterclass. Our friend Miguel’s Vela Latina — a traditional lateen-rigged wooden boat — had sunk three times. Not from any one dramatic failure, but from fiberglassing that was never quite good […]

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Sailing to Work: Paikea Delivers the Family to the Gunboat 68 Launch

Sailing to Work: Paikea Delivers the Family to the Gunboat 68 Launch We sailed to France for work. That’s the short version. The longer version involves a half-finished mainsail, a plastic bag around the propeller in the dark, three boys who turned out to be surprisingly useful, and a front-row seat at the launch of

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