Winter afloat means that a reliable form of heating is needed. This post explains how that problem was solved on an old wooden boat with the installation of a wood heater
With an emotionally charged transaction, like the sale of a boat, there’s always a pull back or reaction as emotional factors flood back to cloud the thinking of one or other of the parties to a transaction. Delay and hesitation at that critical point...
After a nasty experience in Bass Strait during 2002/3 and my unwilling subjection to a lesson in 'storm survival 101' (blog: “Not how I want to die”), I became something of a drogue convert.
Every Chinese student knows by heart the writings of the great military strategist: Sun Tzu. But sadly few in the west have read "The Art of War".
If you are contemplating the purchase of a boat you need to be competent to undertake your own pre-survey survey. There are several reasons for this. Your pre-survey survey...