Category: Alaska Preparations

The problem with furled head sails is that when partially furled up to reduce sail area in high winds they lose all shape and do not allow to sail close to the wind anymore. The storm jib is a solution →

  After a winter of repairs this weekend was Sage's sea trial. It felt great to be out on the water again and the new electronic toys spotted the Clipper Around the World fleet leaving Seattle →

The life raft arrived at Wieden and Kennedy's loading dock →

One of the Alaska upgrade projects was to upgrade the old B&G Hecta 4 instruments to a modern version with NMEA interface. We settled on the B&G Triton with Speed/Depth and Wind and 2 cockpit →

In January Sage was hauled-out at Seaview West to get new bottom paint, a through hull for the new B&G speed/depth sounder and to replace the stuffing box. Unfortunately the prop shaft flange that →

This weeks project was the resealing of the port and starboard windows. They had been leaking since I purchased the boat. The main problem with the design is that the deck flexes under force while sailing →