When I bought Tangleberry in 2001 I determined to buy a high quality dinghy/outboard combination. I settled on an Achilles Hypalon dinghy with an air floor. That proved to be an excellent…
Category: On Deck
Deck hardware and projects to maintain and enhance your boat.
Docking Singlehanded
Last week, for the first time, I had trouble getting into my mooring slip. The marina is quite sheltered, but that day a strong inflow wind and a large rising tide combined…
Winchrite ABT Repair
This post describes a DIY Winchrite repair, when my Winchrite electric winch handle suddenly stopped working. What is a Winchrite? The Winchrite ABT (Advanced Brushless Technology) is a rechargeable electric winch handle…
Teak Cockpit Table
A cockpit table is a great convenience. When Tangleberry was new a friend made a table for us out of laminate faced plywood. It served well for 15 years but finally wore…
Tartarooga Dodger
This hard dodger was made in Sidney BC. Shown with and without canvas. The top picture is during a race, which we won. The dodger extends quite far over the cockpit so…
Stern Line Reel
In the picture you can see part of the cockpit umbrella, and also a reel we use for the 180 meter stern line we carry. Many anchorages in BC and Alaska are…
Windlass Mount
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…
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…
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…