Tips and Techniques

Mechanical

• "Portable Power", Pacific Yachting, May 2007.
• "In Pursuit of a Perfect Charging System", PassageMaker, May 2007.
• Checking Drive Belts & Pulleys
• Cummins Power Curves Confidential? 
• Propeller Tuning
• Sherwood P1700X Raw Water Pump Wear
• Cummins Thermostat Failure
• Installing Digital Tachometers
• Diesel Engine Overload
• Changing the Raw Water Pump  

 

Seamanship

• Gulf of Alaska Weather

• Heavy Weather Preparation
• Coast Guard Boarding
• Running at night
• 24x7 Rhythm- Watchkeeping
• Night-running monitor covers
• Gale warning
• BC Ferry Accidentally Deploys Anchor Outside Active Pass
• A new rock in Blakely Harbor?
• Transmission Shift Cable Breaks While Docking
• Close quarters
• Boating laptop
• "Remote Destination Boating", Pacific Yachting, March 2008.
• Swedish Stern-Tying Variations
• Safety Digest
• Stern Tie Setup
• "Stern Tying with a Messenger", Pacific Yachting, July 2004.
• "Wilson: The Story of an Anchor Buoy", Nor'westing June, 2003.
• Keep Your Distance  (New security zones surround ships longer than 100 feet.)

 

Other

• Really Useful Boxes
• Galley storage
• Cruising with cats
• Bayliner 4087
• Living aboard: one year later
• I got pumped!
• No turning back
• Remote Data Communication Costs
• Waterless hand sanitizer
• Vacuum seal canisters
• Sauteed shrimp with spice rub
• Food waste
• "The Case for Inflatable Kayaks" Pacific Yachting, July 2007.