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Bluewater Bound begins with a familiar dream: take a capable older sailboat, learn it deeply, make it safer, upgrade it honestly, and use it for real adventures. We differ from other sailing videos in that our process itself becomes the story.
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Trying to Understand the Bowsprit. A learning-in-public look at the bowsprit, where anchors, sail handling, rigging, structure, and…

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Trying to Understand the Bowsprit
Trying to Understand the Bowsprit
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September 28, 2026 at 4:25 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Sanitizing a Boat’s Freshwater System. How to sanitize a sailboat freshwater tank and plumbing, keep the…

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Sanitizing a Boat’s Freshwater System
Sanitizing a Boat’s Freshwater System
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September 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Leave the Gas Can Ashore: The Case for a Solar-Charged Electric Dinghy Outboard. Why a solar-charged electric dinghy outboard can…

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Leave the Gas Can Ashore: The Case for a Solar-Charged Electric Dinghy Outboard
Leave the Gas Can Ashore: The Case for a Solar-Charged Electric Dinghy Outboard
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September 24, 2026 at 4:15 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: What I Am Learning About Sailboat Insurance. Learning how agreed value, navigation limits, surveys, storm plans, deductibles,…

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What I Am Learning About Sailboat Insurance
What I Am Learning About Sailboat Insurance
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September 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Before the Breakwater: Calling a Harbormaster or Marina by VHF. A practical radio protocol for arriving at an…

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Before the Breakwater: Calling a Harbormaster or Marina by VHF
Before the Breakwater: Calling a Harbormaster or Marina by VHF
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September 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: A Higher Flash Point: The Case for Biodiesel Aboard a Sailboat. Considering biodiesel as a safer, renewable marine fuel while accounting for storage,…

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A Higher Flash Point: The Case for Biodiesel Aboard a Sailboat
A Higher Flash Point: The Case for Biodiesel Aboard a Sailboat
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September 18, 2026 at 4:50 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Inspect What Can Sink the Boat—More Often Than Everything Else. A practical inspection rhythm for the ordinary sailboat…

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Inspect What Can Sink the Boat—More Often Than Everything Else
Inspect What Can Sink the Boat—More Often Than Everything Else
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September 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Holding Fast: Staying Secure When the Boat Moves. A practical guide to holding fast on a sailboat: when to brace,…

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Holding Fast: Staying Secure When the Boat Moves
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September 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: What I Am Learning About Registering a Boat. Learning how state registration, Coast Guard vessel documentation, and marine radio registration fit…

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What I Am Learning About Registering a Boat
What I Am Learning About Registering a Boat
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September 12, 2026 at 4:55 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Using Sailaway with OpenCPN: Turning the Simulator Into a Navigation Lab. How Sailaway's NMEA connection can feed OpenCPN and turn a sailing…

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Using Sailaway with OpenCPN: Turning the Simulator Into a Navigation Lab
Using Sailaway with OpenCPN: Turning the Simulator Into a Navigation Lab
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September 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Reading a WEFAX Chart: What Matters First. A weatherfax chart can look like a wall of symbols. My way…

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Reading a WEFAX Chart: What Matters First
Reading a WEFAX Chart: What Matters First
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September 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Beyond Bug Juice: Making Water Worth Drinking Aboard. An aircraft-carrier lesson becomes a practical…

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Beyond Bug Juice: Making Water Worth Drinking Aboard
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September 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: What Makes a Good Sailboat Hurricane Plan?. Bluewater Bound sailboat hurricane planning, risk, seamanship, and why the best storm plan is made long before…

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What Makes a Good Sailboat Hurricane Plan?
What Makes a Good Sailboat Hurricane Plan?
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September 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Beyond the Horizon: Why HF Radio Still Matters at Sea. VHF is the everyday voice of coastal sailing, but…

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Beyond the Horizon: Why HF Radio Still Matters at Sea
Beyond the Horizon: Why HF Radio Still Matters at Sea
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September 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: The Unknown Is Not the Same as the Unprepared. I have only been on a sailboat once. But a lifetime at sea, in…

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The Unknown Is Not the Same as the Unprepared
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August 29, 2026 at 12:45 AM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Aye, Aye: We Are Not Sorry Sailors. A reflection on what aye and aye, aye mean aboard a vessel—and why sailors should meet necessary…

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Aye, Aye: We Are Not Sorry Sailors
Aye, Aye: We Are Not Sorry Sailors
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August 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Using Sailaway with OpenCPN: Turning the Simulator Into a Navigation Lab. How Sailaway's NMEA connection can feed…

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#MarineNavigation #MarineWeather

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Using Sailaway with OpenCPN: Turning the Simulator Into a Navigation Lab
Using Sailaway with OpenCPN: Turning the Simulator Into a Navigation Lab
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August 25, 2026 at 12:15 AM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: The Risk Comes Aboard. A personal reflection on how professional risk management principles translate to sailing safety, crew…

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The Risk Comes Aboard
The Risk Comes Aboard
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August 23, 2026 at 12:35 AM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Learning Before the Boat: How I Use AI to Build a First Understanding. A narrative look at how…

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Learning Before the Boat: How I Use AI to Build a First Understanding
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August 21, 2026 at 12:15 AM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: What I Am Learning About Sailboat Surveys. A practical guide to prepurchase sailboat surveys, choosing an independent marine surveyor,…

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What I Am Learning About Sailboat Surveys
What I Am Learning About Sailboat Surveys
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August 19, 2026 at 12:15 AM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: A Higher Flash Point: The Case for Biodiesel Aboard a Sailboat. Considering biodiesel as a safer, renewable…

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#MarineEngineering #Biodiesel

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A Higher Flash Point: The Case for Biodiesel Aboard a Sailboat
A Higher Flash Point: The Case for Biodiesel Aboard a Sailboat
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August 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: A Happy Engine: Building an Annual Sailboat Diesel Maintenance Plan. A practical way to plan annual marine-diesel maintenance by…

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A Happy Engine: Building an Annual Sailboat Diesel Maintenance Plan
A Happy Engine: Building an Annual Sailboat Diesel Maintenance Plan
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August 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: What I Am Learning About Speed in an Older Cutter. I am learning that improving an older cutter is not the same as…

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What I Am Learning About Speed in an Older Cutter
What I Am Learning About Speed in an Older Cutter
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August 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: Understanding Traffic Separation Schemes. A practical introduction to Traffic Separation Schemes,…

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Understanding Traffic Separation Schemes
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August 11, 2026 at 12:25 AM
A working note from Bluewater Bound: The Last Fifty Feet: Docking, Undocking, and Learning the Boat. Docking and undocking a sailboat require planning, crew coordination, wind and…

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The Last Fifty Feet: Docking, Undocking, and Learning the Boat
The Last Fifty Feet: Docking, Undocking, and Learning the Boat
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August 9, 2026 at 12:06 AM