Sail Delmarva

 How can we get more stretch from a bridle?  More length. Yes, but there will also be losses from friction. In the left center (below) illus...

 A boat a few marinas down burned up a few weeks ago. The cause is not clear, but bad shore power is suspected.  There really should be a ma...

 I needed a winch feeder block so that I could cross sheet for certain operations. Specifically, reefing on port tack requires two operation...

This was a while ago (about 7 years), but I never posted it.    November 2020  I've been asked this question dozens of times by friends,...

(From "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein, for those of you that are young or do not read science fiction. A Martian w...

 Thirty years ago, when I had a Stiletto 27, I switched from a wire/rope halyard to a 2:1 high modulous line halyard. Part of the reason was...

 Yeah, I know it is PFD in the us.   I very nearly never wear a PFD sailing. It's hard to fall off a multi-hull and it's easy to rig...

 Well, not quite. This winter I've gotten into machining and shop stuff. Metal lathe. Milling machine. Improvements to many shop tools....

 Clamp-on vices are never satisfactory. They slip and twist and the surface is scared. They are not strong enough. My solution is a drill pr...

 Small radius curves, like the Wheel thimbles and small pulleys are turned using a form tool; a chisel ground to the desired profile. But wi...