Fatty Goodlander: Dealing with Chafe While Cruising
Chafe can be a sailor’s worst nightmare, sometimes chewing like a chainsaw through parts of a boat.
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Chafe can be a sailor’s worst nightmare, sometimes chewing like a chainsaw through parts of a boat.
The decision to abandon a voyage can be caused by seamanship or safety issues—or is it a situation that can be handled?
After losing Trinka, a classic Rhodes Reliant 41, in Hurricane Irma, owner Thatcher Lord went through the difficult task of salvaging her.
Circumnavigator Cap’n Fatty Goodlander offers a few tips for anchoring in challenging conditions found in the South Pacific.
Cap’n Fatty details all the reasons that he loves the ketch rig aboard his Wauquiez Amphitrite, Ganesh.
The Goodlanders revisit the island of Borneo and an orangutan rehabilitation center.
Cap’n Fatty reflects on 50 years of marriage and life aboard.
Chafe can be a sailor’s worst nightmare, sometimes chewing like a chainsaw through parts of a boat.
The decision to abandon a voyage can be caused by seamanship or safety issues—or is it a situation that can be handled?
After losing Trinka, a classic Rhodes Reliant 41, in Hurricane Irma, owner Thatcher Lord went through the difficult task of salvaging her.
Circumnavigator Cap’n Fatty Goodlander offers a few tips for anchoring in challenging conditions found in the South Pacific.
Cap’n Fatty details all the reasons that he loves the ketch rig aboard his Wauquiez Amphitrite, Ganesh.
The Goodlanders revisit the island of Borneo and an orangutan rehabilitation center.
Cap’n Fatty reflects on 50 years of marriage and life aboard.
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