by Eric Aaland | Mar 20, 2010 | Events, Photos, Videos |
I found this video of the USCGC Eagle, the other day while I was looking around the web in preparation of the upcoming Tall Ship event in Duluth later this summer. I really wish I would have known about this ship about 25 years ago, I may have joined the Coast Guard...
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 | Feb 22, 2010 | Boat de Jour, Videos |
I found this video while checking out the sailboats from Com-Pac Yachts. This looks like way more fun than slipping on the ice and falling down, not that I did that today or anything. The video features the companies Com-Pac 23, which was one of the sailboats we...
by Eric Aaland | Feb 19, 2010 | Boat de Jour, Videos |
LOA 36’5” LWL 31’5” BEAM 12’4” DRAFT 4’0” DISPLACEMENT 17,800 LBS. BALLAST 7,100 LBS. SA 708 SQ. FT. DESIGN BOB JOHNSON, N.A. As the truly sick person that I am, I seem to be always thinking about two boats into the future. Please tell me I’m not the only one! Anywho,...
by Eric Aaland | Feb 17, 2010 | Videos |
OK, so perhaps “whomps” may be a bit of an overstatement, and yea, the main sail on the Catalina wasn’t exactly in racing trim. And if you are going to be nitpicky, no they didn’t know that they were racing, but they should have, seems we were both going the same way...
by Eric Aaland | Feb 6, 2010 | Education, Videos |
A voyage on Plastiki by the ships creator, David de Rothschild, to bring attention to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch prepares to set sail from San Francisco. Now this is a worthy voyage for us to follow as David seeks to draw environmental attention to a cause all...
