Every couple of years I haul my boat to re-apply a coat of nasty toxic ablative antifouling paint. I use a full face respirator, disposable ...

An interesting  ezine on sailing a well-worn Pearson 30 around the Bahamas.... I thoroughly enjoyed it!

I must be getting old ... this kind of job used to take me a couple of hours at most. This one took a couple of days!! While attempting to ...

A couple of years ago I installed an AIS receiver in Sin Tacha, and, connected to my GPS and laptop running Memory Map Navigator , it provid...

(Please click on any picture for a larger view.) This year's Rendezvous was at Port Browning Marina, on North Pender Island in th...

OK, the blog is called MOSTLY About Boats, but every now and then I like to throw in a project that may be of general interest. We live in...

(Please click on any picture for a full-sized version)    (*dodger = eu sprayhood) I've spent many happy hours in my basement sweat...

Radar has been on my 'wants' list for quite a while, but I managed to procrastinate until last week, when I finally got down to some...

Today we loaded the 'Fly' on the car, stuffed the rig and sail in the back, and headed down to the marina for the first sail. ...

The following procedure is one I used to lower and raise the mast on my Albin Vega 27. Although the mast is only 30' long, it...

Thanks to an alert friend, I have discovered a very nice piece of software that rivals my present chart plotting program. It's called...

My present thoughts on tenders are: - tough enough to be beached on oyster shells (this would exclude skin-on-frame) - light weight (this...

(Please click on any image to see a larger picture.) Before doing any work on the sailing rig, I felt the need to test the boat in ...

(Please click on any image to see a larger picture.) While investigating paints at a local store, I spotted a pile of cans labeled ...

(Please click on any image to see a larger picture.) The Route

(Please click on any image to see a larger picture.) The Route  Not too many pictures this day as the seas were heavy,...

(Please click on any image to see a larger picture.) China Cloud at Pedder Bay, getting new sails: The Route

I've installed a pair of weather cloths along Sin Tacha's cockpit sides to create a little more shelter in the cockpit. I had shorte...

Tired of worrying about battery drain every time I turned on a cabin light, I've converted to LED's in all Sin Tacha's inside li...

It's been a year since Sin Tacha's last haulout, a thorough one at "The Boatyard" in Sidney B.C. where she got the full tr...