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January 2012
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December 2011
Posted on December 9th, 2011 4 commentsDear Friends:
Other Reasons you need to know how to Heave-to
Posted on January 17th, 2012 No commentsWe received the following email last week and asked Drew and Sarah for permission to share it with you since it illustrates some very good decision making by relatively inexperienced sailors.
Cruising Tip: Working aloft – the Gantline
Posted on December 9th, 2011 No commentsA proper gantline is essential for both long-distance racing and offshore cruising unless you always sail with a large, strong crew. If you have a varnished or painted spar it is even more important. A gantline is simply a four-part block and tackle arrangement that lets you haul yourself aloft with ease. We use two neoprene shelled double blocks (one with a becket) a 250-foot long 3/8-inch line (the same one we use as a stern anchor line) plus a galvanized hook for this purpose. This makes a gantline sufficient for work on any mast up to 47-feet tall. If we put a tail on the warping line we could stretch the gantline to work on spars up to 52-feet tall.
Storm Tactics DVD Cruising Has No Limits Tip: Bow Roller Tip: Kedging Out
Pardey Videos
"One of the reasons I wanted to sail east-to-west around Cape Horn was to take video shots proving that small vessels can safely weather storms if they are well outfitted and efficiently handled," Larry Pardey stated after his record-breaking voyage. >>READ MORE Comment on this title
Join Lin and Larry Pardey at their home base in New Zealand as they share ideas and hints to make your boat safer, easier to handle, and more enjoyable to use.>>READ MORE Comment on this title
So you feel confident with cruising local waters and are thinking of setting off across an ocean . . .Before you start planning, join Lin and Larry Pardey on board Taleisin in Fremantle, Australia, as they demonstrate gear storage for offshore voyaging, dinghy choices, warping out a stern anchor, proper life-raft storage, storm trysails, sail repairs, and other valuable hints to help you prepare.>>READ MORE Comment on this title
Skimming before caressing tradewinds, savoring NO LIMITS tropical landfalls, evading stormy seas; such is the image of the cruising life under sail. It is all this, but it can be so much more.>>READ MORE Comment on this title
Order Both Get Ready to CRUISE and Get Ready to CROSS OCEANS at a discounted price. >>READ MORE Comment on this titlePardey Books
A Boatbuilder, A Writer and Other Wildlife In the tradition of Under the Tuscan Sun and A Year in Provence, Pardey takes readers on a voyage – landlocked, but a voyage nonetheless – of the heart, sharing candidly and with great humor the four years she and her determined husband spent in Bull Canyon. From the Thanksgiving when they had to hang the turkey from a ceiling hook to keep it safe from invading animals, to their constant companion, Dog (who is actually a cat), to Lin's run-in with a couple of drunk hunters, to Larry's careful coaxing of rough-sawn timber into the beautiful boat, Taleisin, their story, related in the warm, personal voice of the fireside storyteller, is a funny, tender, and engrossing tale. Bull Canyon is the tale story of two "dreamers and schemers" who have taken life by the horns – and bring the reader along for the wild and joyous ride. >>READ MORE Comment on this title
This revised and expanded third edition of a cruising classic includes 9 completely new chapters with such advice as: sixteen ways to encourage your lover (partner) to share your dream; strategies for turning sudden engine failure into a minor incident; choosing safety equipment; repairing rigging at sea. All of the original chapters have been updated and many are expanded to ensure that the information will be helpful for everyone who dreams of cruising – whether now or soon.>>READ MORE Comment on this title
"In a storm at sea, luck is highly biased toward the sailor who has a plan." So write Lin and Larry Pardey in this, the third edition of their highly regarded Storm Tactics Handbook. As in the first two editions of this book, they describe their concerns about the tendency of modern sailors to discard the classic methods used to bring sailing vessels of all sizes –from vast clipper ships to tiny yachts –through amazingly strong winds and heavy seas.>>READ MORE Comment on this title
Full of ideas and wisdom on how to sail in comfort and safety without large cash outlays. Every sailor, whether or not they plan to sail over the horizon, should read the Pardeys. This book is what the title says. >>READ MORE Comment on this title
Updated and expanded to include an important new appendix on the mis-advertising of epoxy adhesives and an introduction to superior, though less expensive glues. This book is used by boatbuilding schools around the world to explain the elements of classic craftsmanship and make these skills accessible to beginning woodworkers.>>READ MORE Comment on this title
"Go small, go simple, go now, say the Pardey’s." This message has inspired three generations of sailors and kept Cruising in Seraffyn consistently near the top of nautical best seller lists for over two decades. This new edition, with its exciting 16 page spread of full-color photos, new forward and two new appendices, will appeal to anyone who has an adventuresome spirit.>>READ MORE Comment on this title
The pleasures and adventures of cruising under sail are amazingly affordable, say Lin and Larry Pardey. But to keep your dreams on budget, financially, emotionally, and timewise, you have to decide - are you a cruiser or a consumer? Topics covered include making your getaway plans to finding a truly affordable boat, keeping your outfitting costs and maintenance time in control, then learning to feel confident as you cruise farther ahead. >>READ MORE Comment on this title
The Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew has become the preferred resource for cruisingand racing sailors –whether they're planninga weekend afloat or a round-the-world voy-age.This unique volume covers everythingfrom outfitting a galley to organizing mealssafely in rough weather; from controllingseasickness to creating the right conditionsfor a well-rested crew >>READ MORE Comment on this title
A tale of adventures, as two young dreamers continue their voyaging on board their self-built 24' 4" cutter. They cross the exotic sea that spawned Homer's tales of Ulysses' Odyssey, then sail through the strife torn Red Sea and across the typhoon tossed waters of the Bay of Bengal. >>READ MORE Comment on this titleCovers three adventurous years in the Pardey's circumnavigation with stops in Spain, North Africa, Crete, Malta, the Adriatic, Turkey and the Greek Isles.>>READ MORE Comment on this title
Join Lin and Larry while they winter in England working to pay for the next leg of their journey into the Baltic, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany. They dealt with armed guards on the Polish waterfront who watched while the people greeted them with flowers and fruit. They weathered a fierce mast-under broach in a Baltic gale. This story ends at the gateway to the Mediterranean to be continued in Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure.>>READ MORE Comment on this title
