When I purchased Aeolus it had four separate jacks, fittings, and mounts on the port side inner cockpit coaming.  I used all of them at one time or another, but always found their placement problematic at best and their utility marginal. The Pretorien cockpit is already pretty tight, and it …

As with every year, the weeks before the cruise are filled with boat projects that really should have been done in February.  Some day that will happen.

Last year, one of the 11th hour projects was to replace the fridge compressor and evaporator and install a cool little gizmo that …

I've been doing a few sewing projects over the last month. I love to make things, whether they are made of 1's and 0's, wood, motors and PCBs, or...fabric and thread. Sewing is a skill that has a high utility value. There are all sorts of custom thingies you …