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Is that you paddling out?

I totally agree Howard !!!!!

Very exciting! Sailing gear instead of hull construction. Are masts and sails and all that other stuff ready to go when the last hardware gets...

What a time we are all gonna have together in Hanalei! there is no prettier place to anchor s/v Pamela. Me and the old girl have anchored in...

A member of the race committee is already in Hanalei Bay aboard his Crealock s/v Pamela. Dennis Maggard has been sending us updates regarding what we...

Townes Van Sleddog Fantastic Sled!

That is very beautiful Sled !

Living on the sea my friends Is gonna keep you free and clean. But for now we wear our rubber boots With breath as hard as kerosene. Where we'll...

Double-sided Mizzen Sheet, Downhaul and Snotter. Mainsheet Traveler. The cut-outs will be sheet bags.

Its been fun to take a break from sanding and figure out the deck layout. Tack, Main Halyard, Downhaul, Snotter, Spin Halyard

Starboard seat and oarlock glued in, rounded over and carbon tape applied.

Nice write-up from Jackie but I might be in trouble with the Potter Yachters for disparaging remarks. Hope I don't get jumped at a microcruiser...

You have read my mind, and written the words below! It is pleasant to paddle the ocean With ocean galore within reach, And nothing at all to be...

It is pleasant to paddle the ocean With ocean galore within reach, And nothing at all to be done: No letters to answer, No bills to be burned,...

Here's a photo from Dave Morris, SHTP 2012 and current commercial and pleasure airplane pilot. Airplane view of an approaching storm.

The wind is blowing softly on the spinny and the spars, We've said goodbye to loving friends, to West Marine, and cars. The lights of the Golden...

We were cutter-rigged and rakish, with long and lissome hulls, And we flew the pretty colors of asymmetricals. With light sails pulling mightily...

Well well, aren't these two long poems just the finest to read in the morning!

We dream of Tree of Hanalei, some days around the clock, But haven't set a sail yet, as we work here at the dock. And with every dream that stalks...

Very nice! Kudos to the author, presumably sleddog.

We go to sea in sieves, we do, in sieves we go to sea: In spite of all our friends could say, On a summer's morn, on a windy day, In sieves we go...

There are many thing that can go wrong. As Todd pointed out the turn radius is a big factor. Rigging fitting from companies like Colligo are a...

The damaged strands were buried and not available for visual inspection. I researched the minimum radius and there's a long thread on sailing...

An arrogant observation:cool: To be expected; the up side; The tech that has been developed over the years has made it easier and extended the...

Please tell me if I'm wrong. But find 11th Hour Racing disingenuous advertising (NPR) their race around the world as "protecting the oceans" while...

I really hadn’t been paying much attention to this edition of The Ocean Race before the long Southern Ocean leg. Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but I...

I find the following admission from the skipper of Team Holcim-PRB in the Ocean Race, Leg 5, pretty incredible. Because of the loss of their masthead...

Cuties for sure ! We have Barn Owls here, so we put up an Owl House, but it has been occupied by every other tree dweller you can imagine- except...

Something cool is watching baby barn owls being hatched, raised, and fledge. All the more reason never to use rat poison. Since these cuties were...