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Snowpetrel Sailing: Snow Petrel..The boring details
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Snow Petrel.The boring details. Snow Petrel.The boring details. I bought Snow Petrel (then named Obsession) with the plan in mind to sail to Norway and Spitsbergen via cape horn, and maybe then to Antarctica. She was always envisioned as an intermediate boat and not the perfect boat. A proud new owner with alot of work to do. Reiger in Tasmania. Photo Greg Hockey. Cape horn, southern ocean and ice, 26 foot fiberglass boats aren't recommended, its possible (Jarle in his little Berserk. An interior that's ...
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Snowpetrel Sailing: That dreaded POX
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Snow Petrel.The boring details. Monday, September 24, 2012. I think I have contracted that dreaded scourge of boat owners. I have all the symptoms, excessive time on the computer, eagerly awaiting emails and attachments. Carefully scrutinizing picture after picture of boats, a dreamy look on my face, with screwed up sketches of possible modifications strewn around. Anyway look on the bright side, it could be worse, it could be 10 foot-itis or even 20 foot-itis. Fast and easy to handle. See how the top ba...
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Snowpetrel Sailing: A dinghy to row. Galifreya
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Snow Petrel.The boring details. Monday, January 26, 2015. A dinghy to row. Galifreya. Most dinghies today aren't designed to row, Even ones that you might think are. I was lucky to grow up with two nice rowing dinghies and no outboard motors. Part of the decision to go for a bigger boat was to be able to get a bigger dinghy on deck that will row much better than the 8 footer on Snow petrel. I can fit a 12 footer onto Snow Petrel II. I chose to pull the quarters up to reduce wetter surface and transom dra...
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Snowpetrel Sailing: Books
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Snow Petrel.The boring details. My father has been busy writing a few books. One of them about our trip to Antarctica. And another kids book similar Arthur Ransome's "Swallows and Amazons" and set down here in Tasmania. There is also lots of stuff on his website. About us as kids. On New Zealand Maid, all slightly embarrassing. But that's what parents are for aren't they. Snow Petrel" is available as a hard cover, and "Those Snake Island kids" in paperback. As are both books. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Snowpetrel Sailing: A new boat!
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Snow Petrel.The boring details. Tuesday, November 27, 2012. Like a hermit crab for a while now I have been feeling like I have outgrown my shell, she feels too small and not exciting enough. Well I have just bought a new boat, or at least I will have in a few days when the bank processes my money transfer! In my last post I had a list of a bunch of desired features of a new boat, most of which did not make for a cheap boat. Looking back over the list. Slightly red faced). Yes so I am told. Well that's th...
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trailers-carts-sledges - Armadilling
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An Open Source Project on Man Hauled Carts. Armadillo survivor nippon edition. Trailers, carts & sledges. Coast 2 Coast of the States by foot. Did cross the Empty Quarter with a man hauled cart made with 8 mountain bike wheels. We recommend to see their film, it’s very well done. Did the first ever unassisted crossing of Australia, solo from Port Augusta to Burketown, 2500km and 128 Days. The cart was made with ATV wheels. Di cross the Simpson Desert with a Rickshaw style cart. Galen Rowell, Conrad Anker...
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Snowpetrel Sailing: Slab reefing...Scratching the Surface.
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Snow Petrel.The boring details. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Slab reefing.Scratching the Surface. See how the top batten can get caught. I reef and unreef alot, too much some people say, often a couple of times an hour. but I hate the boat slopping around and I hate pushing too hard, Snow Petrel carries abit to much weather helm at times (I have ideas to fix this.) so getting the mains'l area right is important. I have dealt with a lot of mains, from the 1500 square foot gaff main on Soren Larsen. Make ...
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Snowpetrel Sailing: September 2012
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Snow Petrel.The boring details. Monday, September 24, 2012. I think I have contracted that dreaded scourge of boat owners. I have all the symptoms, excessive time on the computer, eagerly awaiting emails and attachments. Carefully scrutinizing picture after picture of boats, a dreamy look on my face, with screwed up sketches of possible modifications strewn around. Anyway look on the bright side, it could be worse, it could be 10 foot-itis or even 20 foot-itis. Fast and easy to handle. Links to this post.
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Fun | Fafaplouf Around The World
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Fafaplouf Around The World. Voyages, Nature, Musique, Plongée, ….what else! Thanks for dropping by Fafaplouf Around The World! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. To stay updated. See you around! VIDÉO : Surpriseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (suite)! By FafaPlouf — 4 Comments. Après les baleines, au tour de leurs cousins noirs and blancs …en même temps, au pays des All Blacks, ça le fait! VIDÉO : « Loving Lanka » by Sebastian Linda. By FafaPlouf — Leave a comment. By FafaPlouf — 3 Comments. Bref que du bon,...
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Visioning The Outdoors – Photography Tips
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Join our Mailing List. QORF Movies and Trailers. A collection of useful tips and tricks to help you improve the photos you shoot! Chris Bray Photography ‘It’s Better Outdoors’ Tips. Avoid putting your subject in the middle mentally divide your scene into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) and position key parts of your photo on these division lines. Also, if shooting something small (like a child or a dog) try to get down to their eye-level, to create a more intimate shot. Stand back and zoom in i...