and don't get me wrong. tar has a lot of uses on wooden boats. toilet seal wax is also useful. no ****. that's funny. but i mean it. bear in...
beg to differ, par. holds up splendidly under the african sun, as i pointed out. these are just chemical compouds, my friend, not gifts from the...
i've used tar in the past on wood boats. i really wanted it to be a good thing. but i won't use it again if i have other choices. some reasons--...
roofing tar is somewhat watersoluble. it also shrinks as it dries. fibers or not. speaking from experience.
cruising cost Son and I did a 1 yr Atlantic Circle, including 2 months at Horta, 2 in Canaries, 4 in W. Africa, 1 in St Martin. Total cost (not...
It seems a bit of drift is required to produce the slick-- typically less than 2 knots, tho. TeddyDiver? Those are considerations for sure, but...
Me again. Finally found my first post (after reading everyone else's). Larry Pardey used his rig more than once in 70 kts. His trails from the...
Larry Pardey is a strong advocate of chute anchoring. His book "Storm Tactics" ( I think) tells all. He gave a copy to my son when we met him and...
In the mid nineties I met two brothers, Swiss I think, who'd built a forty foot catamarran/raft, in Key West, out of car tires stuffed with...
