Stepping a Small Sailboat Mast with a Tripod. Also called a gyn.

Pedal powered boats of the WA360 race.

Stepping the mast of Mustang Sally, the Port Townsend Sailing Association's Thunderbird sailboat, at the dock using a gin pole. Or pole hoist if you prefer. This is part of The Resourceful Sailor Series.

Alcyone uses her yard to remove Murrelet's mast in Port Townsend, WA. Part of the Resourceful Sailor Series by Sailing With Josh.

Alcyone uses her yard to remove Murrelet's mast in Port Townsend, WA. Part of the Resourceful Sailor Series by Sailing With Josh.

I needed a better tool for trimming the excess sealant from a teak deck seam repair. So The Resourceful Sailor made one from a paint stick, a razor blade, and some super glue.

Sampaguita, a Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 sailboat, being warped around in her slip. For when you don't feel like starting the motor. @ Port Townsend's Boat Haven.

Warping a small boat around in her slip at the dock. For when you don't have an engine or don't feel like running it. Corvo, a Thunderbird sailboat, is at Port Townsend's Boat Haven Marina.

From Breskell's 2019 transit of the Northwest Passage. Cambridge Bay, Victoria Island.

From Breskell's 2019 transit of The Northwest Passage. This video shows her at anchor behind Read Island, just off Victoria Island.

From Breskell's stopover at Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada.

In mid-July 2019, Breskell departed the RCYC in St. John's NL, Canada to begin her transit of The Northwest Passage, on the way to Greenland. Here are some short observational videos along the way.

Breskell's 2019 transit of The Northwest Passage. These video clips show Breskell, Altego II of the Czech Republic, and Opale of France, making their way through the ice down Peel Sound to Franklin Strait. It ends with a celebration, henceforth known as "Coffee Time."

Breskell's 2019 transit of The Northwest Passage. Lancaster Sound, Devon Island (Graham Harbor,) and Barrow Strait.

Video from S/V Breskell's stopover to Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland during her 2019 transit of The Northwest Passage. Qeqertarsuaq is the Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) name, Diskoøen is the Danish name, and Disko Island is the anglicized name. Qeqertarsuaq is both the name of the island and the settlement. Godhavn is the Danish name for the settlement.

Climbing the mountain on the north side of Sisimuit, Greenland on a stopover while preparing to transit the Northwest Passage in 2019 on Breskell, a 50-foot cold-molded sloop built and captained by Olivier Huin.

A dinghy ride from an anchored S/V Breskell to the beach at Mittimatalik, called Pond Inlet by non-locals. Pond Inlet is on the northern edge of Baffin Island and is a popular stopover when transiting the Northwest Passage. Fuel was available but there was no dock. I had to ferry it out in the dinghy.

Pardonnez mon français. Extraits d'un passage du Nord-Ouest.

Short video clips of a May/June 2022 voyage up the Inside Passage to Southeast Alaska aboard a Frenchman-owned Boreal 47 Sailboat.

Assaqutac, Greenland is an abandoned village near Sisimiut. These are the Greenlandic names.