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This boat hack is CRAZY #sailing #boathack
Zip tie a long funnel into the back corner by the backstay and route a hose over the side, and you've got a head you can use underway. It sounds dumb, but it earns its place fast and costs almost nothing to build. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.co...
Dehydration is Deadly Offshore
Hydration is the part of seasickness people underestimate, and it's the part that actually kills. One captain ended up having to scuttle his boat after the Navy had to rescue his dehydrated daughter during a passage down the coast of Chile. 📗 Get My Bo...
Seasick? Try Doing These Things.
The fastest part of seasickness to fix is your muscles. Getting behind the wheel and taking some control helps your brain settle, and if you're too sick to drive, lock your eyes on the horizon. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
The BEST way to handle the ocean
If your passage runs longer than three days, bring crew - with five or six aboard you can run a revolving watch and only stand two night watches every five days. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
If someone needs help, you ALWAYS help them.
Billionaire or broke, it makes no difference offshore. Sometimes you're just putting karma in the bank for the night it's your turn, and that's a fine reason to turn around. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
This is Why You Get Seasick
Seasickness is your body trying to purge a poison that was never there, triggered when your eyes, inner ear, and muscles stop agreeing on what's happening. Knowing the cause won't settle your stomach, but it tells you exactly what to fix. 📗 Get My Book...
Don’t Touch Your Keel Bolts!
On a well-built offshore boat, keel bolts are torqued at the factory and designed never to be touched. Production boats are a different story, but if you're on a Valiant or an Oyster...leave them alone. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
The Bungee Cord Autopilot
When your autopilot dies offshore, you need a backup plan. Two bungee cords and properly trimmed sails can keep you on course for thousands of miles on a catamaran. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
The Power of a Full Keel
A full-keel boat like the Tayana 37 tracks with minimal input and keeps the rudder well protected from grounding damage. For offshore work, those trade-offs are worth understanding. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
Offshore Traffic Management
350 miles offshore and a restricted vessel calls "sécurité" on channel 16. It's up to you to understand what that means and act accordingly. You get on the radio, you work it out, and you move on. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
The Future of Offshore Yacht Design
Median yacht length has increased every year since 1960. This Pacific Seacraft 61 is a good look at where things are heading. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
Easter Island – The Adventurous Route
The passage to Easter Island can be straightforward or it can beat you up for weeks. The year you go matters more than you think. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
Why You MUST have a skeg-hung rudder
A skeg protects the rudder and gives it two bearing points instead of one. Losing your rudder offshore is a serious emergency, and improvised fixes don't hold in real conditions. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
I can’t believe this died on me AGAIN!
1,800 miles from the nearest road and the autopilot is in pieces on my lap. It didn't fail in a storm - it failed in 15 knots and 3-foot waves. The boat just breaks sometimes, and you have to be ready for that. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
The Boat that Caused a Scandal
Before Robert Perry's Valiant 40, you were either on a fast racing boat or a slow full-keel cruiser. His decision to combine a fin keel with a skeg-protected rudder was controversial, but it defined a generation of offshore cruising. 📗 Get My Book: htt...
The Pardeys Were Right.
Lin and Larry Pardey logged hundreds of thousands of miles on small boats. I'm starting to see the light of their message - smaller means lower costs and more time actually sailing. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
3450W of Solar Power on Our Off-Grid Catamaran Episode 70 #sailboatrefit
After two years of planning, fabricating, redesigning, and chasing down welders, our sailboat finally has a massive new solar arch—and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. In this episode of our catamaran refit, we install a custom stainless...
The Sailboat Philosophy I Live By
Cheap gear usually becomes expensive gear eventually. You buy the cheaper option, spend hours installing it, then replace it months later with the thing you should’ve bought the first time. On sailboats especially, cutting corners almost always costs mor...
Offshore Miles in Under Two Weeks
Not everyone can take months off to sail — but that doesn't mean you can't get real offshore experience. The Atlantic is full of passages that will take you less than 2 weeks. Sail Libra: https://www.saillibra.com/ 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptai...
The Truth About Watermakers
Most watermakers don’t fail because they’re old - they fail because they’re neglected. Membranes get destroyed, systems corrode internally, and owners skip maintenance for years. Before buying a boat, you need to understand exactly what kind of syste...
Every Sailboat Owner Should Have This Document
Cruising boats are systems-heavy machines, and buyers can feel overwhelmed fast. Keeping a detailed boat document — from filters to line lengths to spare parts — makes ownership and resale dramatically easier. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.c...
Boat Electronics Are a Trap
Marine electronics age fast. Support disappears, charts stop updating, and expensive systems quickly become outdated. Buyers often overvalue electronics, but they rarely add as much resale value as people think. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com
Sailboat Insurance Can Screw You.
A boat can be insured on paper and still not be covered in practice. For solo sailors, the fine print matters as much as the policy itself. 📗 Get My Book: https://bethecaptain.com