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The Future of Sailing Technology: ChatGPT
I need to come clean. The last article we published The Future of Sailing Technology: The Rise of the Robots, well.. we didn't really...

Mike D.
Feb 8, 2023


The Future of Sailing Technology: The Rise of the Robots
Sailing has always relied on the knowledge and skills of the sailor at the helm, however, with advances in technology, the sailing...

Mike D.
Feb 2, 2023


Sailing Gatekeepers - Ye Too Shall Not Pass
With the advent of so many YouTube sailing channels, and a trend in peoples general desire to make a life change in these crazy times, many

Mike D.
Jan 29, 2023


YouTube Sailing Has a New Anti-Hero!
Have you ever had one of those friends that was into that cool band early, and then that band shot off like a rocket? Or that trend you...

Mike D.
Jan 12, 2023


Two years grinding, sanding, cursing, doubting, repeating…. And then she sailed.
S.V. Raggamuffin | First Sail It’s a big deal to have spent 2 years in the hot, in the cold, on the hard, covered in paint, covered in...

Mike D.
Dec 18, 2022


Tablet Navigation - A Rugged & Cheap Alternative
When you walk into your local marine store it's hard to miss those bright chart plotters from across the room. They seem so cool. Bright,...

Mike D.
Nov 6, 2022


The Sailing Brothers : YouTube Worth Watching
It's hard to avoid sailing channels on YouTube these days, and quite frankly there a lot of them that are self serving, inauthentic, and...

Mike D.
Aug 22, 2022


My Marina: Country Club Without the Golf
In my short time owning my boat I am finding that there are a lot of different 'levels' of Marina. I've made some stops in various...

Mike D.
Aug 14, 2022


WHY WE SAIL
Gray. Everywhere. The sky, the water, gray, no horizon, just more gray. The sun had just set and the only reason I knew that was that...
Steve Brookman
Aug 8, 2022


SINGLE HANDED | Explorer Matt Rutherfords biggest challenge is still in front of him.
Three Challenges There were three big challenges that Matt Rutherford decided to make as his personal life goals: Bike through Southeast...

Mike D.
Jun 26, 2022


TRADING MY TIME
Time. It's one of those things that I've taken for granted my entire life. And now here I am, 52, at the cliche mid-life and time has...

Mike D.
Nov 8, 2021


The Right Of Passage.. Only Once
This boat.. this damned boat. I can see what she will become.. slowly, surely, I can see her transforming.. but holy-mother-of-joseph...

Mike D.
Sep 22, 2021


METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING
I started this Sail Junky experiment in a personal storm. A proper Force 9. I tried, at first to keep my anonymity on the site.. I just...

Mike D.
Aug 27, 2021


FEELING ANCHORED
A symbol of hope, security and stability. The anchor was born with the original purpose of securing ships to the seabed in the midst of a...
Tanya Moxon
Aug 27, 2021


Man Overboard
(Article Originally Published Jan, 30, 2020 - Telluride Daily Planet) As we crawl out of the darkness of January, I can’t help but think...
Casey Graves
Jun 1, 2021


A Gale With No Postal Address
STORM FRANCIS - Episode 7 Strangford Lough and its tides was to be our next adventure, an exciting opportunity to explore a sea loch in...
Tanya Moxon
May 30, 2021


Life On Death Row
There’s a place in the boatyard, it doesn’t matter which yard, but a place where boats go to die. It’s in the back, it’s always in the...

Mike D.
May 29, 2021


...THE SINKING
As I sit inside minding my own space I am brought to remember yet another sailing trip with my buddy Shack who is the captain of several...
Casey Graves
Apr 29, 2021


PRE/POST BOAT PURCHASE CONSULTING - Advice from a Pro.
This video series is a 3 part series that documents the consulting Paul provided on my 1972 Pearson 36 'Magick Byrd'.

Mike D.
Apr 19, 2021


RELATIONSHIPS, REST, & REWARD
I can truly find bliss in this seafaring life in the form of companionship of my husband, time to read, reflect and marvel at the colours...
Tanya Moxon
Apr 19, 2021
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