It is the end of the sailing season here and quite possibly the last ‘Views From Aloft’ for 2013.
Any guesses where this might be?
This was about 1 month ago. Mild weather days like this one are getting harder and harder to come by.
Ranger 30, a slick little old school ride. Long live symmetrical spinnakers. As far as I am concerned 30′ is the perfect length for boats on the Chesapeake Bay.
Thanks for taking a look a the view……..
In typical Extreme Sailing Series fashion, Act 1 kicks off with no shortage of collisions and wipeouts. The race took place in Singapore Harbor last weekend. Day 3 delivered possibly one of the event’s most dramatic moments in its eight-year history. The home Team Aberdeen Singapore caught a huge gust near the finish line and plowed…
Check out the level of quality and professionalism in this compressed yacht building video of the aluminum J Class, “Atlantis”. What an intense project. The yacht had been commissioned for a Dutch owner and the design was based on the original plans for a ‘Super J’, designed by Frank C Paine in the 1930’s. [youtube…
The Rigging Company is NOW HIRING! We are currently accepting any and all resumes regardless of experience for full-time, year-round employment. We offer fair pay, hard work, some good times, and a whole lot of job satisfaction. So if you are interested, please stop by or send us your info and we will get back to…
Link plates are an option for raising the furling drum up off the deck for clearance. Here are some of the questions you should ask yourself before purchasing a new furler, or raising the height of the drum on your existing one: Do you need to link the drum off of the deck to clear…
The Highfield lever was originally invented by the late Mr J. S. Highfield in about 1930. I believe this concept was initially intended to load and release running backstays at a predesignated tension. This method for runner tensioning has since been replaced with ‘high speed’ synthetics, fancy blocks, tackles, and/or dedicated winches. Some years later,…
Can’t afford a Boom Furler? Looking for an easier way to hoist, douse, and stow your main or mizzen sails? Well there are two products that you may want to look at. They are called a Tides Marine Strong Track and our very own T.R.C. Lazy Jacks (pictured left). I do realize that many people cringe…
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Merry Christmas, Jimmie.
Dan and Martha
This put a HUGE smile on my face :-0). Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and yours as well from both Sean and I. May 2014 be the best year yet…….