by Eric Aaland | Apr 9, 2010 | Boat de Jour, How To, Tales of the Sail |
We set up our new sailboat, Bella, in the driveway last weekend to see how much fun it would be to raise the mast with the mast raising system built into the trailer of our new to us Precision 23. I must say it was relatively simple, but we did learn the hard way...
by Eric Aaland | Feb 27, 2010 | How To, Videos |
I found this video while looking around on You Tube the other day and thought I would pass it along. My wife and I learned how to do this maneuver last summer, but this video demonstrates how to do it better I think. We did it the way the books explain it, at least I...
by Eric Aaland | Jan 29, 2010 | How To, Videos |
Recently my wife and I attended our local boat show, and aside from it being smaller than usual, we did run across a very interesting new product line. It is an electric motor for sailboats. It is being built by a Minnesota company, Electric Yacht. This is a full...
by Eric Aaland | Jan 17, 2010 | How To, Videos |
At long last the wait is over. Puffy Pictures presents JOHN TRAVOLTA and UMA THURMAN not in the latest installment of Sailboat Winter Storage, Part 2 video. Another instant classic not even remotely DIRECTED BY QUENTIN TARANTINO....
by Eric Aaland | Nov 29, 2009 | How To |
I’m trying something new today. Periodically I’ll be adding videos to the blog. Some will be “how to” others will be of our sailing adventures. This first one, while perhaps not exactly a “shock and awe” video, seems timely at least. Hope you find it useful. If...
