by Rich Wilson | Nov 28, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk4
Dear Alex, No, I’ve never seen a hammerhead shark at sea. I actually haven’t seen many sharks at sea, just very occasionally. We see a lot of flying fish in the tropics. The boat is now covered in scales and bits of flying fish that mistake Great American...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 28, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk4
Dear Timothy, I look at new weather forecasts at least twice each day, and so hopefully will have advanced warning of a big storm. With that, I can then prepare. I can take down and put away any really big sails that we may have up, and I can prepare the smaller sails...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 28, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk4
Dear Lai Chieh Ying, We don’t carry much fresh water on the boat, but we have a desalinator and a backup, to make fresh water from the sea water. The unit is called a PowerSurvivor 40 (you can find it on the web), and it will take in sea water, and make 1.4...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 28, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk4
Welcome to sitesALIVE! I like to read biographies of accomplished people (for example, Abraham Lincoln), and also histories of certain events. I remember reading The Path Between the Seas, by David McCullough, about the building of the Panama Canal while we were...
by Capt. Murray Lister | Nov 27, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - CaptMurrayLister, Q&A-Expert-wk4
Good Day Dave, Sadly piracy problems can occur anywhere at any time as even away from the well-known areas, there is still a mob of enthusiastic amateurs. In a small craft it is virtually impossible to stop anyone boarding, given that even if you were armed, the...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 23, 2016 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxqEVo9xbp4Video can’t be loaded: Q&A with Silvia’s 3rd Grade Class – Cairo, Egypt...