by Rich Wilson | Feb 2, 2017 | Q&A - 3-Asthma, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk13
We did have a lawn in front of our house. And I would run around with my friends on it. And in the fall, when leaves would come off the trees, it was especially difficult for my breathing. Question submitted by Ruby, age 9, via News-O-Matic
by Rich Wilson | Feb 2, 2017 | Q&A - 3-Asthma, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk13
Dear Olivia: Yes, it’s hard, since sailing this boat involves so much exercise and when I am grinding the winches for 300 revolutions, I get out of breath. But one good thing is that the air is so clean, and doesn’t have the pollens that I am allergic to...
by Rich Wilson | Feb 2, 2017 | Q&A - 3-Asthma, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk13
Dear Christopher: I’ve had asthma since I was a one-year old boy, so basically I’ve had it for my whole life. The big challenge when I was growing up was that at that time, there were no asthma medications for use in the home. If you had a severe asthma...
by Rich Wilson | Feb 1, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk13
Dear Angelo: The software is called Adrena, and certainly it could be used on a pleasure boat. It’s quite complicated, but over time you learn the aspects of it that you want to use. It is a French product, and requires a dongle (a piece of hardware plugged into...
by Rich Wilson | Feb 1, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk13
Dear Saul: Wet sails won’t slow down the aerodynamic propulsion of the boat, but they do make the sail handling harder if you have to put wet sails away in the forepeak . Or if you have to hoist a sail within a sail bag out of the forepeak, and it was put away...
by Rich Wilson | Jan 30, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk13
Dear Abby: I’ve learned how beautiful nature can be, with a clean blue ocean, a clean blue sky, birds flying around the boat, and occasionally a flying fish (‘poisson volant’ in French!) whizzing past. I’ve also learned how strong storms can be...
