……Video for a cold, nasty, dreary, February day. Take 3 and half minutes to enjoy a nicely put-together sailing vid.
Enjoy…….
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRoL-CpfbJ4&w=560&h=315]
Brought to you by our friends at SailingNewsTV
……Video for a cold, nasty, dreary, February day. Take 3 and half minutes to enjoy a nicely put-together sailing vid.
Enjoy…….
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRoL-CpfbJ4&w=560&h=315]
Brought to you by our friends at SailingNewsTV
This week we were aloft to replace a headsail furler. Hood Yacht Systems provided this furler. The Hood Seafurl seems to be a good furler. I’d say my only real tiff with these systems is the rubber liner that is found inside each of the extrusions. The ball bearings are dry lubricated, which I like….
After winning his fifth Olympic gold medal and just a short month of preparation under his belt, Ben Ainslie and the J.P. Morgan BAR crew, have taken to the race course. An early lead in the first race led to a 17 second victory, with a third place finish in the second race, making them the series’ overall…
Since I have been slacking a little this week (it has been really busy around here), here is a little entertainment that I found on good old YouTube. Take a few minutes and enjoy these sailboat bloopers. It will surely brighten your Saturday. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyBUc8bqzp8&w=420&h=315] ……make sure you are always safe out there. ~T.R.C.
This gentleman, Matt Rutherford, was originally a customer of the former Chesapeake Rigging. He had asked Chesapeake Rigging for a standard rigging inspection and stated that he had plans of crossing the Atlantic. I never met with him face to face but distinctly remember his request because it wasn’t every day that one of our customers (who…
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When I started in the marine industry, I was fortunate enough to work aboard a truly unique yacht. The name of this yacht was Witchcraft. The yacht was built in 1903 by the Lawley Ship Yard in Boston, MA and designed by B.B. Crowninshield. Originally, the boat had a very tall gaff rigged mast which…
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