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A Great Deal or a $200,000 Disaster?
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A Great Deal or a $200,000 Disaster?

This 60 year old Sparkman & Stephens yacht has an incredible pedigree, a valuable mast, and a recently reduced asking price. The aluminum hull could still be viable or require a $200,000 replating job, making a complete hull-thickness survey essential before buying it. Full Stream: 📗 Get My B...
The Truth About Buying a 40 Year Old Boat
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The Truth About Buying a 40 Year Old Boat

An older fiberglass boat will usually have obsolete electronics, aging wiring, and at least a few places where water gets inside. The important question is not whether the boat has ever leaked, but how much damage the water caused and whether the broker has even taken it offshore. Full Stream: 📗...
The Mistake That Killed Cal Yachts
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The Mistake That Killed Cal Yachts

The Cal name became famous through successful designs like the legendary Cal 40, but the Cal 44 came from a very different period in the company’s history. Ownership changes and repeated factory moves made consistent quality control increasingly difficult, eventually helping bring the famous Cal bra...
The Window Design That Made These Boats Leak
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The Window Design That Made These Boats Leak

Cooper sailboats can be good performers, but their large acrylic windows were not always engineered with enough frame overlap. Once the adhesive begins to fail, water can quickly enter the boat and damage the surrounding interior. It does not necessarily make the boat a bad purchase, but it creates ...
A Great Bluewater Boat With a Leaky Reputation
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A Great Bluewater Boat With a Leaky Reputation

This Robert Harris design was built by Ta Yang in Taiwan and earned a reputation as a stout bluewater cruiser. Unfortunately, the original teak decks also earned these boats the nickname “Leaky Tikis.” This example has lost its teak deck and received several interior repairs, but a buyer still needs...
The Deadly Origins of the Modern Trimaran
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The Deadly Origins of the Modern Trimaran

In the 1960s, multihulls were considered dangerous outcasts of the sailing world. Two pioneering designers disappeared at sea without a trace, leaving behind mysteries that helped define the perilous early history of the modern trimaran. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book: Be the Captain YT:
One Small Line Caused a Catastrophic Failure
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One Small Line Caused a Catastrophic Failure

The night that the Rose-Noëlle flipped, it had a parachute anchor out...but the parachute itself is not what failed. Its trip line wrapped around the parachute and collapsed it in the middle of the night. Sometimes the feature designed to make equipment easier to recover creates an entirely new dang...
Calm Winds Make Deadly Waves
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Calm Winds Make Deadly Waves

When the wind eased, the crew thought the storm was passing. Instead, the sea became more dangerous. Cross seas create steep, unpredictable waves that strike from multiple directions at once. You don't want to find yourself caught in them. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
The Crew Blamed Him for This.
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The Crew Blamed Him for This.

The crew of the Rose-Noëlle blamed John Glennie for the disaster, but when survival demanded action, he repeatedly dove into freezing water to recover supplies. He lost the title of captain, yet captained them anyway. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
This is What Real Seamanship Looks Like
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This is What Real Seamanship Looks Like

No GPS. No sextant. Trapped inside an overturned hull, John Glennie calculated their position using a climbing airliner and its flight path. This is seamanship at its finest. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
119 Days Lost at Sea – How it Began
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119 Days Lost at Sea – How it Began

John Glennie named the Rose-Noëlle after a young woman he met in Tahiti and lost in a tragic plane crash. Sixteen years later, the boat capsized, beginning an extraordinary 119-day survival story. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
He Died Climbing the Mast
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He Died Climbing the Mast

I used to climb the mast without proper protection, but years of experience completely changed the way I approach it. Now I use two static lines and multiple independent safety systems so one equipment failure doesn't become a fatal fall. 📗 Get My Book:
Stranded at Sea: How to Survive When ALL IS LOST | Be The Captain Podcast Ep. 1
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Stranded at Sea: How to Survive When ALL IS LOST | Be The Captain Podcast Ep. 1

The Rose-Noëlle video hit different — 119 days on an upturned trimaran, and a quarter million of you watched it in a week. Tonight we go deeper. I've been corresponding with John Glennie himself, and I'm bringing what he sent me: the letter he wrote his FIRST NIGHT ashore, the obituary the...
How Much Water Do You Need on a Boat?
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How Much Water Do You Need on a Boat?

Plan on about five gallons of water per person each day for water-conscious boaters. For guests who want longer showers and fewer restrictions, that number can rise to 10 to 15 gallons. 📗 Get My Book: #Sailing #BoatLife #Liveaboard
Watch this Before Buying a Catamaran
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Watch this Before Buying a Catamaran

Unless you have $200K lying around, I always suggest going with monohulls over catamarans. At lower prices, monohulls may be better equipped, more forgiving, and less prone to catastrophic failure. 📗 Get My Book: #Catamaran #Monohull #SailingAdvice #offshoresailing
Every Sailboat Should Carry This Kit
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Every Sailboat Should Carry This Kit

When a steel stay broke underway, Colligo Marine's emergency shroud kit made it possible to replace the damaged rigging and keep sailing. This is one backup every offshore sailor should consider carrying. *This is not a sponsored post* 📗 Get My Book: #Dyneema #SailboatRigging #SailingSafety ...
Not Clipped In at 30 Knots?!
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Not Clipped In at 30 Knots?!

He's walking around on his boat with no harness while sailing at 30 knots...and making it look easy. Experience can build incredible confidence to do cool stuff like this, but if you’re new to offshore sailing, always clip in. 📗 Get My Book: #Sailing #OffshoreSailing #SailingSafety #BoatLife
Never Climb the Mast Underway
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Never Climb the Mast Underway

I once climbed the mast while underway and ended up badly bruised from being thrown against it repeatedly. Looking back, I should have stopped, anchored in a protected area and dealt with the problem safely. 📗 Get My Book:
Don’t Set Two Anchors Alone
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Don’t Set Two Anchors Alone

When I am sailing alone, I avoid putting out two anchors because recovering both can become nearly impossible if they start dragging. I would rather leave and find a better patch of sand. 📗 Get My Book:
She Jumped off My Boat While Underway…
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She Jumped off My Boat While Underway…

I once had someone jump off my catamaran while we were sailing, and I had to turn the boat around to recover her. If someone goes overboard, my first move is to heave to, stop the boat and regain control of the situation. 📗 Get My Book:
Shock Loading Broke My Rigging
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Shock Loading Broke My Rigging

After six exhausting days at sea, I was too tired to reef while the boat repeatedly launched off the waves and slammed back down. By the time I reached port, two backstays had broken at the swaged fittings, showing exactly where repeated shock loading can cause rigging to fail. 📗 Get My Book:
Declared Dead at Sea — Then They Came Back | The Rose-Noëlle Story
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Declared Dead at Sea — Then They Came Back | The Rose-Noëlle Story

In 1989, four men sailed out of New Zealand aboard the Rose-Noëlle — a trimaran one man had spent 19 years building by hand, and named after a woman who had already been dead for 16 years. Four days out, she flipped upside down in the Southern Ocean. What happened next is one of the greatest surviva...
Watch this before you cross the Carribbean
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Watch this before you cross the Carribbean

For a Caribbean passage, I plan on going straight south or straight north for a manageable crossing. Heading east means fighting the prevailing winds and currents. 📗 Get My Book:
The Time My Sail Almost Killed Me
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The Time My Sail Almost Killed Me

Speaking of dumb things I've done on a sailboat, let's revisit the time the Aruba Coast Guard stayed with us until three in the morning to help me get my sail under control... 📗 Get My Book:
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