In 2015 the plywood anchor windlass shelf on Tangleberry rotted out and broke. I decided to repair it permanently, I never liked the wooden shelf. At first it seemed OK but I…
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Taylor Anchorshade III
Years ago we bought a Taylor Anchorshade for use on Tangleberry. It is a 6 foot square umbrella. The original was made of ripstop nylon and the support tube was made of…
Cockpit Speakers
When Tangleberry was new we installed a stereo system with the head unit in the main panel, two speakers in the main saloon and two in the cockpit. The radio was an…
Wine Glass Rack
My wife mentioned that we did not have proper wine glasses aboard. Drinking wine from a mug is not very elegant. I looked for plastic wine glasses first, but they were all…
Bowsprit and Spinnaker furler
After several adventures flying the symmetric spinnaker single handed, I made the decision to install a furler on a retractable sprit. I ordered a Selden 75mm sprit and a Harken Reflex 2…
RNSA Single Handed Race 2018
2018 was the 45th Annual running of the Royal Naval Sailing Association (RNSA) Singlehanded Race from Vancouver to Nanaimo and return. Over the years the race has seen singlehanded vessels ranging from…
Winchrite vs Electric Winch
When Tangleberry was ordered from the factory, I made one mistake. I should have ordered the optional electric halyard winch. To upgrade now would be extremely expensive. We tried a large Milwaukee…