Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike
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Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike
3M ago
The Polynesian's were master navigators, all done without a compass or GPS! And there charts look like a collection of twigs tied together, very interesting ..read more
Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike
7M ago
I ran across this article on early sailors cloths, sometimes bought from thew “Slop Chest” which sometimes contained cloths from dead sailors, the ship’s captain sometimes made a little extra money from the sale of the cloths. During the 17th ..read more
Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike
1y ago
Recently Seattle Singles Yacht Club honored me with Skipper Emeritus Award for my contributions to boating, sailing, boating safety, member education and taking many many people sailing over more than 20 years and over 1,000 trips, sometimes up to 80 ..read more
Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike
1y ago
Recently Brion Toss a well respected Pacific Northwest Yacht Rigger and author of several books on yacht rigging had a contest to find a knot that might not be as well known as the Bowline but worthy of more people ..read more
Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike
1y ago
Recently a friend sent me an interesting link to a video on Why Don’t Ships Have Headlights? I found the video interesting even though I teach this subject in boating safety classes, the videos author also has many other videos ..read more
Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike
1y ago
This is a poster I made a while ago about 14 Lighthouses in the Puget Sound area. There is a short description and history of each Lighthouse along with a picture. This poster has been a popular viewing item at ..read more
Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike
1y ago
A friend recently sent me a link to a very interesting article on anchoring. Includes a ton of information about deep water and heavy weather anchoring, there are a ton of links for more information from types of anchors to ..read more
Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike
1y ago
Originally posted on Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike:
Mike’s quick line whipping This is the quick and secure whipping I use to whip the ends on double braid line. I have not seen this in any book. ..read more
Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike
1y ago
This is the 20th Anniversary of September `11, 2001 when planes crashed in the World Trade Center, What is not known is how 500,000 people were taken off Lower Manhattan Island by a volunteer flotilla of boats that just showed ..read more
Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike
1y ago
NOAA is live streaming their exploration of the North Atlantic Stepping Stones: New England and Corner Rise Seamounts off the East Coast of the United States from June 30 through July 29, 2021. The live stream is open to anyone ..read more