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Sailing and Boating Advice with Captain Fred Greenfield

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Advice, Tips, Tutorials, Video Clips, Stories and more from Captain Fred Greenfield, builder of boats large and small.

• Added on: Dec 18th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Fred Greenfield
• Listed in: Sailing Adventure
• Tags: tips boat sailing advice sailboat captain fred greenfield

Recent Posts

• Monohull, Catamaran, or Trimaran?

  Posted on Thursday December 18th, 2008 at 15:44 in advice, Catamaran, buying, sailboat, general advice, trimaran, monohull, buying a sailboat

  Are multihulls really that much better than their monohull counterparts? Captain Fred looks at the major advantages and disadvantages of monohulls, catamarans, and trimarans, and his findings may surprise you....

• Nautical Hitchhiking Can Get You Free Sailing!

  Posted on Thursday December 18th, 2008 at 10:43 in tips, Free, boat, advice, general advice, buying a sailboat

  While the old adage "Why own the cow when you can get the milk through the fence?" is seldom is used in reference to boating, it certainly could be. I believe that begging rides is an excellent way to gain salient knowledge about boats before inves...

• Blanket vs Sleeping Bag

  Posted on Wednesday December 17th, 2008 at 16:59 in boat, sleeping, sailboat, forepeak, gearing up tips

  No matter how big your sailing vessel, it most likely will not have  standard bed shaped, bed sizeed bunks.  When you get up around 40 feet or so, maybe! Power boats tend to get to bed shaped bunks around 30  feet or less, but those bunks tend to ...

• Escaping the Rat Race with $250,000

  Posted on Wednesday December 17th, 2008 at 12:28 in escape, captain fred, life and stories of captain fred

  I had already bought (during Escrow) a Newport 30 sailboat and a 12 foot inflatable.  I replaced the gas engine in the Newport with a small diesel,  a month later I was an official entry in the Long Beach to Cabo San Lucas Sailboat race.   I am no...

• Ride the Boatbuilding Wave.

  Posted on Wednesday December 17th, 2008 at 12:09 in history, boatbuilding, captain fred, life and stories of captain fred

  In 1967 I started Progressive Yacht Hardware Intnl.(PYHI).  A company that made plastic parts (portholes, deck plates, windows and hatches for sailboats and powerboats).  The boat building boom made me and a lot of other entrepenaurs rich.  For ye...

• No Job, No Wife, got boat What Now?

  Posted on Wednesday December 17th, 2008 at 11:48 in captain fred, life and stories of captain fred, ayrs

  I built racing multihull sailboats for a while with a marine architect for a partner.    I joined AYRS (Amatuer Yacht Research Society)  and once a month met with the Southern California multi hull gang.  (Buddy Epson, Dr. Hugo Meyers, Jay Cantol...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Jimmy

Captain Fred
I enjoyed our visit this afternoon, I still am pulling for composite, There is lots less problems when the composites are done corretly. Although I admit being swayed, I am in the composite business.
Jimmy

Posted: December 31st, 2008 | Report This Comment

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