This post originally appeared on our blog, Sailing Simplicity & the Pursuit of Happiness. View this post and many others at SailingSimplicity.com By understanding how your eyes work in low-light conditions, you can ensure that your vision doesn’t fail you when you most need it. The sun is just about to touch the horizon and you’ve spent the last hour … Read More
The Knot You Never Thought You Needed
This post originally appeared on our blog, Sailing Simplicity & the Pursuit of Happiness. View this post and many others at SailingSimplicity.com SOME KNOT TIPS FOR CRUISERS: ADD A WELL-PLACED SLIPPERY HITCH TO ENSURE THAT YOUR KNOTS COME UNDONE WHEN YOU WANT THEM TO. When my husband, Ben Eriksen, and I began sailing together we learned a lot about trust, each other … Read More
More Checklists and a Video!
This post originally appeared on our blog, Sailing Simplicity & the Pursuit of Happiness. View this post and many others at SailingSimplicity.com Sailors love checklists! When we first talked about our Boat Check many of you asked for more details. Well – you asked, and we responded….finally! “Boat check” is something that the off-going watch does before they are relieved of their … Read More
What Scares You While Sailing?
This post originally appeared on our blog, Sailing Simplicity & the Pursuit of Happiness. View this post and many others at SailingSimplicity.com I had the opportunity to speak on the women sailors panel moderated by Pam Wall at the Chicago Boat Show. A question was asked of the panel, “As a woman, what is it that scares you while sailing?” I was … Read More
Sailing to Bermuda: Weather Planning
We left Fishing Bay at around 1500. A few hours after we planned, but for good reason. There were some last minute projects to take care of… final installation of the Monitor control lines, pad eyes for better dinghy lashing angles as well as going over sea-cock locations and our new Viking 8 Person Liferaft deployment procedures with our crew. Plus … Read More