Barnacle Bill Holcomb's Sailing

Thoughts and tips about sailing from Barnacle Bill Holcomb

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Sailing Upwind - Pointing

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Pointing Sailing to Windward         From time to time, skippers and owners ask how to better optimize the pointing ability of their b...
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Friday, November 26, 2010

Barnacle Bill Holcomb's Sailing: Photographs Of Your Boat

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Barnacle Bill Holcomb's Sailing: Photographs Of Your Boat : "Some ideas about taking “boat” pictures: One of the really neat things...

Photographs Of Your Boat

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Some ideas about taking “boat” pictures: One of the really neat things that I’ve done ever since Kathy and I bought Snickerdoodle is to tak...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Judging Distance

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Here's a photo of ChrisHana (a Hunter 29.5) motoring toward an anchorage in Ellisport Bay on Lake Pend Oreille.  Can you tell how far a...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Random Thoughts Regarding "Drifter" Jibs

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Here's a photo of Snickerdoodle sailing along with her "drifter" jib.  The drifter is a jib sail that was designed with our v...
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Cooler Weather is on It's Way

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I just looked at the weather forecast for next week.  It looks a bit wet and perhaps there may be some snow in the mountains.  Looks like wi...
Monday, October 18, 2010

Holly

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Kathy is right... I should have mentioned her boat, Holly .  It's a 9 ft Fatty Knees dinghy designed by Lyle Hess and build by Edey and ...
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I started sailing when I was 16 years old and it has been a lifetime interest since then.
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