Tag: Milt Baker
Writers on the Water
Okay, so it’s not quite as memorable (yet?) as “Riders on the Storm,” the 1971 hit by The Doors, but a new blog by writers Christine Kling and Mike Jastrzebski called Write on the Water, is a place to talk about the intersection of writing and living and working on the water. I was the guest [...]
Paravanes: An Alternate or Backup Stabilizing System for Trawlers
One key to successful long-distance passagemaking is ensuring maximum comfort and safety of the crew. A factor that contributes to fatigue on long rides is excessive motion. Granted, sometimes heavy seas make some level of pitch and roll unavoidable, but both hull design and specialized systems can minimize the motion. Roll stabilization is now quite [...]
Boat Stabilizers: A Smooth Ride
This post is derived from an article that I wrote recently for Mad Mariner. ******* It was mid-morning on June 18, and Milt Baker was enjoying a nap. His wife, Judy, was at the helm of their Nordhavn 47, Bluewater, when a low-pressure system overtook their little “Med Bound” fleet while it was nearly mid-way [...]
