Category: Environment

Wind, sun, and dinosaurs

You may have noticed that we have a lot of decisions to make regarding equipment on Shearwater.  For every decision, there are usually a number of possible solutions, and each solution comes with a few compromises such that the choice is rarely clear.  I take the opportunity when I can to write about the options. 

Decisions…bottom paint #2

For us, choosing an “environmentally-friendly” versus “traditional” paint really isn’t that hard of a choice.  We will do what we can to minimize our impact, and if that means we have to clean the bottom of our boat more often and/or haul out to repaint the bottom more frequently, then so be it.  So, what