Quidnon

Life aboard can be perfectly pleasant when it’s warm outside, but when the weather turns cold a number of unpleasant factors conspire to mak...

When I first setting out to buy my current boat (forced to do so because my family got larger and no longer fit aboard) I discussed the vari...

One of the problems with Junk rigs is that they tend to twist: the upper panels end up sheeted in less tight than the lower ones. Since the ...

I finally found time to finish building the 1:12 model and outfitting it with sails and radio controls. Yesterday I sailed it around the mar...

The 1:12 scale model is now complete except for the sails and the radio control componentry, which are in the works. The maiden voyage went ...

In spite of nature’s best efforts to derail my plans, in the form of Hurricane Matthew, they are proceeding apace, including the plan to des...

Plumbing systems on boats run from the very simple (a blue jerrican of water brought in from shore) to simple (a fresh water tank, a foot pu...