Time to put your head in the snow!
When I was Captain
Me and my Dad, Barrie, were sailing at about a knot with the spinnaker in Lake Champlain. He was in the cabin doing something and I was steering I was leaning against the ladder (we have one of those fold up ones) and I was wearing my dad’s hat.
Then it fell off into the water and dad went to get it in the dinghy. But then the motor of the dinghy stalled!
A Kid-Friendly UVSI/BVI Charter Itinerary
This children’s USVI/BVI itinerary is based on a week charter with an extra sleepaboard the first night. With three kids sailing, we plan to have very short sails during the day between anchorages and stay at places that have moorings and ice (we have no fridge on the boat). Another criteria for the chosen stops is that they have restaurants very close to the beach. We plan spend most of our meals eating out rather than eating on the boat and let the kids frolic on the beaches while we finish more leisurely. The idea is to head out from Red Hook where we get the boat and then go St John -> Jost Van Dyke -> Tortola -> St John -> Red Hook.
Continue reading “A Kid-Friendly UVSI/BVI Charter Itinerary”
Make an Easy Duffel From Old Sails
Yesterday I posted about making an old bag out of a genoa sail that was torn up. My first attempt was a bit short and fat, so I wanted to try again. I also want to try to figure out a way to make the hole at the top more waterproof. Here is what I came up with, step by step.
Bags from Old Sails
Our old O’Day 28 came to an unfortunate end on the freeway. The Genoa was torn up a bit, but was still a massive amount of high-tech material. Surely I could make something out of it. I got some great ideas of What can I EASILY make out of an old sail on one of my favorite forums, SailNet. After a couple of hours, I am rather pathetically proud of myself for having made a duffel-type bag and a small ditty toy bag that nests inside.
Sailing With Kids 