This weekend Im going to participate in the Casco Bay Circumnavigation Race. This is the first year that this race has been run by the GMORA (Gulf of Maine Ocean Racing Association). This race popped up on one of my feeds that I follow about sailing and I knew right…

What can it be? I had been looking for a low cost alternative for Radio based AIS over web based AIS and this device is the best thing I have uncovered yet for low cost AIS. This is a “Socotran Net Locator”. It’s designed to attach to fishing nets and…

Pitting in the aluminum. When I hauled Triumph out of the ocean in Rhode Island last week, I did my usual inspection for corrosion and wear. That’s when I noticed the aluminum plates on the rudder showing a bit of pitting. Nothing catastrophic—just something I had already seen before launching…

The boat is hauled out and bottom sanded and getting ready for new paint. The gel coat area where there were some cracks has been repaired and color matched. The rudder is getting some work on a dead spot over the next few days and then it’s off to the…