Is this how the oceans will be saved? I think not...
The world has been talking about Seaspiracy. This is a film which claims that thanks to the greed-crazed behaviour of fishing boats and their owners the oceans will be empty of fish by 2048. The thing ends with a plea to viewers from the narrator, Ali Tabrizi, a half-shaved snowflake in a beanie with a powerful sense of his own...
At SailZing, LLC we try to provide the quickest and easiest path for sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. We started by growing the content on our website and YouTube channel. Now we’re building on that effort with sailing…
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Daniel Kirtley explains why he offered his 28ft Maxi 84 to Practical Boat Owner magazine to become the next PBO Project Boat
Last month, Practical Boat Owner got a surprise email from reader Daniel Kirtley, asking if we wanted his 28ft cruiser Maximus, as a project boat.
“Following a well-trodden path I had two kids and she’s now been out of the water for over two years. I’ve compiled the list of projects needed to bring her up and it is just too long for me,” he said.
...During these COVID-19 days of isolation, this 17,000-mile voyage by a father and son on a 25-foot engineless sloop, has the effect of making our stay-at-home confinement seem downright luxurious in comparison. Son, Daniel, sailed all 17,000 miles from New London, Connecticut, through the Panama Canal, around The Horn and back home. Often with various […]
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Home From Distant Seas is the final volume in James Baldwin’s Distant Seas trilogy, documenting the completion of his 13-year circumnavigation aboard Atom, his 1963 28-foot Pearson Triton. We follow Baldwin and his boat on a peripatetic Atlantic journey from South Africa’s Richards Bay, across to South America, up to Trinidad, Bermuda, and multiple points […]
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Every sailor knows to investigate when they hear noises out of the ordinary, whether mechanical (the bilge pump running a bit too long) or natural (distant thunder to windward). It’s expected, a part of good seamanship. But none of us is ever prepared for the maddening little sounds, the irregularities that don’t immediately harken danger, […]
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When I was starting out racing on our tiny lake, a mentor told me to look for more wind near the shore in light air. This appeared to be true frequently, but as with many rules of thumb in sailing,…
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Are you a newer racing sailor? If so, sailing fast upwind may be one of the toughest things to learn. This post captures a virtual clinic with several newer sailors at the Lake Beulah Yacht Club. We focused the clinic…
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Sailors commonly talk about the sea breeze. This leaves lake sailors feeling left out. So, we asked Chelsea Carlson, of Sea Tactics, to educate us on the lake breeze. A professional meteorologist, Chelsea provides sailors with weather forecasting, online courses,…
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Yawing on the hook can wreak anchorage havoc. Here’s how to help prevent it. A few years ago, while anchored in the snug little harbor of Oxford, Maryland, I witnessed the most spectacular case of sailing at anchor I had ever seen. If not for the lack of sails and forward progress, the boat appeared […]
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