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The last push to get the boat ready for sea. Getting the liferaft tested was a big job that had to be done. The Raft was an old one that had been living in my kitchen for the last 5 years and appeared to be in good condition. It was expensive but worth the...

The hard work of getting White Shadow ready for her next adventure continues. In this episode we have the boat taken out of the water for antifouling. It was also time to wire up the new A.I.S system. On the down side the plotter decided to stop working an...

Would Django Reinhardt steer you wrong? Boats are Ericson 32-3 and Ericson 381 with Sailomat 800 servo pendulum and Raymarine EV-1 wheel pilot.

More thoughts and some of the gear details from the video can be found on our site: http://www.gonewiththewynns.com/palm-beach-boat-show We head to downtown West Palm Beach, FL for the giant Palm Beach International Boat Show. Friends told us "its not m...

I wrote a small blog post about connecting my tillerpilot to my windvane. You can check it out here http://whitespotpirates.com/how-to-connect-a-raymarine-tillerpilot-to-a-windpilot-pacific/ Anyone of you have a similar set up on your boat? My Raymarine a...

Atlantic Rally for Cruisers - ARC 2012 We are sailing downwind in strong winds and watch how the autopilot handles the seas. We have a Raymarine Autopilot system with an SXP-30 corepack.

What's missing in this initial trial is emphasis on sail trim. The Raymarine works well in quite heavy air and sea--far better than the general reputation of wheel pilots--if the boat is trimmed for neutral helm, as it must be for a pendulum wind vane syst...

Sailing in foggy conditions across the North Sea to Holland from the Solent. We navigate thick fog on the approach to Ramsgate. This is an excerpt from season 7 of the Distant Shores sailing adventure TV series. http://www.distantshores.ca/tvshows/byserie...

This is a Sneak Peek from the Distant Shores sailing adventure TV series episode #111 about doing a transatlantic passage with the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) in December 2012. Captain/Owner Paul Shard and crewmember Matthew Heron show how they use t...