NOAA just (well I just found out about it) setup a new online chart browser of all their nautical charts, which you can access here: http://www.nautical-charts.gov/viewer/#OnLine From the list of charts you are shown two views of the chart one of the whole chart with a pointer to where you are on the...

For those new to the blog, Dawn and I are selling the house so we can downsize and buy the boat. We’ve already moved out into an apartment which is just a temporary landing pad while the house sells. And as for getting the house ready to sell, there are sooo many projects going on at the house (landscaping...

I read another book, this time it was about what works and doesn’t work for liveaboard, The Liveaboard Report by Charlie Wing. The whole book is based on interviews of 71 liveaboards who had over 106,000 nautical miles under the keel. The style of the book is all about data, all of the information is...

I’ve been holding off on listening to these for a while and tonight I finally found some time to watch the online seminars from Zimmerman Marine . You’ll need the Macromedia Flash Player installed to watch the videos (most of you already do) and either a quiet space or some head phones. The seminars...

I bought a copy of the ebook (pdf format) Sail Ready! by Sue and Rod Campbell-Ross. The book is organized alphabetically covering a variety of topics: Abandon Ship, Boat (Choice of), Navigation, Seasickness, and Spares to name a few. Given the breadth of content and the short number of pages this is...

As I walked around the Show, I noticed these weird looking spikes in one booth, and not knowing what they were and not seeing the rest of the booth yet, I started to look at their books. Brian Toss is a master rigger in Port Townsend, WA and they have an excellent book series on splicing and they sell...

I spent about 6 hours at the Seattle Boat Show today. As a sailor, I’m always a little disappointed to see so few actual sail boats in the convention center. There are a ton of power boats, personal water craft and about 9,000 water ski booths. Overall though, its a great show, the vendors are...