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"Make a Flag Halyard to Fly Your Favorite Colors", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2023/07/29/make-a-flag-halyard-to-fly-your-favorite-colors-2/", "published_at": "2023-07-29T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-91a4-7150-ab79-3ad963d8fcc7", "title": "15 Outboard Motor Maintenance Blind Spots You Can’t Afford to Miss", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2023/07/15/15-outboard-motor-maintenance-blind-spots-you-cant-afford-to-miss-2/", "published_at": "2023-07-15T17:01:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-91a4-7150-ab79-3ad964557df0", "title": "Upgrade Your Outboard Motor to Charge Your Battery", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2023/07/02/outboard-motor-charging-solution-2/", "published_at": "2023-07-02T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-91a4-7150-ab79-3ad9650e25dd", "title": "How to Paint Cove and Boot Stripes Like a Pro", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2023/06/17/how-to-paint-cove-and-boot-stripes-like-a-pro-2/", "published_at": "2023-06-17T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-91a4-7150-ab79-3ad9653147c1", "title": "How to Secure Your Outboard Motor for Safe Trailering", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2023/06/03/how-to-secure-your-outboard-motor-for-safe-trailering-2/", "published_at": "2023-06-03T17:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-91a4-7150-ab79-3ad966204c10", "title": "The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Winch Maintenance", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2023/05/20/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-winch-maintenance-2/", "published_at": "2023-05-20T18:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-91a4-7150-ab79-3ad9668de0b8", "title": "Make Your Own Lifeline Cushions", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2023/05/06/lifeline-cushions-solution-2/", "published_at": "2023-05-06T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-d63f-7273-b676-46f9a449ca75", "title": "Make a Door to Storage Space Under the V Berth", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2023/02/25/under-v-berth-storage-solution-2/", "published_at": "2023-02-25T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-d63f-7273-b676-46f9a5353174", "title": "Even the Winds And the Waves Obey Him", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2022/12/17/even-the-winds-and-the-waves-obey-him/", "published_at": "2022-12-17T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-d63f-7273-b676-46f9a5783fee", "title": "Fix That Screeching Main Hatch!", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2022/09/10/permanent-main-hatch-repair-2-2/", "published_at": "2022-09-10T18:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-d63f-7273-b676-46f9a57adc1a", "title": "Tips To Get Organized Below Deck", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2022/08/27/tips-to-get-organized-below-deck/", "published_at": "2022-08-27T11:00:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-d63f-7273-b676-46f9a5ef6467", "title": "Make This Fold-Up Paper Towel Holder", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2022/07/02/make-this-fold-up-paper-towel-holder/", "published_at": "2022-07-02T17:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-d63f-7273-b676-46f9a66cad54", "title": "GPS Tips & Tricks for Sailors", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2022/05/21/gps-tips-tricks-for-sailors/", "published_at": "2022-05-21T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-d63f-7273-b676-46f9a691f0ac", "title": "Storm Rider", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2021/12/25/storm-rider/", "published_at": "2021-12-25T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-d63f-7273-b676-46f9a6ea6fbb", "title": "Make a Tiller Extension For Better Cockpit Mobility", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2021/10/09/tiller-extension/", "published_at": "2021-10-09T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-d63f-7273-b676-46f9a7a45403", "title": "Lift Your Lazarette Lids With Gas Springs", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2021/09/25/lift-your-lazarette-lids-with-gas-springs/", "published_at": "2021-09-25T17:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e7-d63f-7273-b676-46f9a886efef", "title": "Product Review: Magma BeachFire/Rio Grill", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2021/08/14/product-review-magma-beachfire-rio-grill/", "published_at": "2021-08-14T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e8-0f56-70d9-8943-af68509d082e", "title": "Product Review: Garmin ECHOMAP UHD 73sv Chartplotter", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2021/07/03/product-review-garmin-echomap-uhd-73sv-chartplotter/", "published_at": "2021-07-03T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e8-0f56-70d9-8943-af68518ec7a7", "title": "Try This Rudder Hack for Less Weather Helm", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2021/06/05/try-this-rudder-hack-for-less-weather-helm/", "published_at": "2021-06-05T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e8-0f56-70d9-8943-af6851f5a4d6", "title": "Top 10 DIY Projects of 2020", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2021/01/02/top-10-diy-projects-of-2020/", "published_at": "2021-01-02T13:00:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e8-0f56-70d9-8943-af6852aa9a28", "title": "Unintimidated", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2020/12/19/unintimidated/", "published_at": "2020-12-19T13:00:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e8-0f56-70d9-8943-af685335977f", "title": "18 Perished in US Sailing Tragedies in 2019", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2020/08/29/18-perished-in-us-sailing-tragedies-in-2019/", "published_at": "2020-08-29T12:00:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e8-0f56-70d9-8943-af685402ec77", "title": "Why Your Swing Keel Lock Bolt Won’t Save You in a Knockdown", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2020/06/20/why-your-swing-keel-lock-bolt-wont-save-you-in-a-knockdown-2/", "published_at": "2020-06-20T12:00:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e8-0f56-70d9-8943-af6854324d54", "title": "Add a Solar-Powered Flood Light in Your Cockpit", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2020/05/09/add-a-solar-powered-flood-light-in-your-cockpit-2/", "published_at": "2020-05-09T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e8-0f56-70d9-8943-af68551d6d4f", "title": "Is COVID-19 Keeping You Off The Water?", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2020/04/11/is-covid-19-keeping-you-off-the-water/", "published_at": "2020-04-11T12:00:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e8-0f56-70d9-8943-af6855aacb96", "title": "Refinish Your Swing Keel for Best Performance – Part 5: Installing", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2020/03/21/refinish-your-swing-keel-for-best-performance-part-5-installing-2/", "published_at": "2020-03-21T12:00:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d2e8-0f56-70d9-8943-af685630aa44", "title": "Refinish Your Swing Keel for Best Performance – Part 4: Sealing and Painting", "url": "https://stingysailor.com/2020/03/07/refinish-your-swing-keel-for-best-performance-part-4-sealing-and-painting-2/", "published_at": "2020-03-07T13:00:48+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

Five Swing Keel Maintenance Blunders and How to Prevent Them original ↗

5 Sept 2026

How to Make a Mainsail Cover original ↗

4 Sept 2026

Closeout Sale On All Kits!original ↗

22 Aug 2026

Install a Double Duty Headsail Downhaul original ↗

11 Jul 2026

How To Replace Your Standing Rigging For Less original ↗

13 Jun 2026

What To Expect From a Professional Bottom Paint Job original ↗

30 May 2026

How To Completely Rewire Your Sailboat original ↗

17 May 2026

Single Line Jiffy Reefing Made Easy original ↗

2 May 2026

Beware of Galvanic Corrosion!original ↗

18 Apr 2026

How To Clean Sails At Home original ↗

4 Apr 2026

Restore Your Exterior Teak to Better Than New original ↗

21 Mar 2026

Lead All Lines To the Cockpit For Safer Sailing original ↗

21 Feb 2026

Control Mainsail Draft with a Boom Downhaul original ↗

7 Feb 2026

How To Raise Your Foresail With a Pendant original ↗

24 Jan 2026

$tingy’s 12-Point Winterization Checklist original ↗

10 Jan 2026

2025

Let Your Boom Off Its Leash With a Topping Lift original ↗

27 Dec 2025

On Kindness original ↗

13 Dec 2025

Flatten Your Mainsail Foot With an Outhaul original ↗

29 Nov 2025

How to Restore Rusted Parts original ↗

1 Nov 2025

Headsail Furlers For the Trailer Sailor original ↗

18 Oct 2025

Do it Yourself Trailer Surge Brakes original ↗

4 Oct 2025

How to Fly a Flag Above a Masthead original ↗

20 Sept 2025

How To Measure Standing Rigging Tension original ↗

23 Aug 2025

Upgrade Your Galley With An Electric Water Pump original ↗

9 Aug 2025

How To Cross-Sheet For Better Single-Handing original ↗

26 Jul 2025

How To Add a Draft Stripe To a Sail original ↗

12 Jul 2025

How to Refinish Your Aluminum Propeller original ↗

28 Jun 2025

Choose Your Running Rigging Colors Logically original ↗

31 May 2025

Make a Door for More Storage Under the Galley original ↗

17 May 2025

Turn Scrap Lumber into an Outboard Motor Stand original ↗

3 May 2025

Remove and Prevent Mildew for Pennies original ↗

19 Apr 2025

Control Your Mainsail Shape Better With a Boom Vang original ↗

5 Apr 2025

How To Install a Tiller Autopilot original ↗

22 Mar 2025

Upgrade Your Rig With a DIY Adjustable Backstay original ↗

8 Mar 2025

Upgrade To a Bimini Top On a Budget original ↗

22 Feb 2025

How to Sew Cabin Cushion Covers original ↗

8 Feb 2025

Fix Those Leaky Windows!original ↗

25 Jan 2025

How To Bed Hardware With Butyl Tape original ↗

11 Jan 2025

2024

The 6 Worst Things You Can Do To Your Sails original ↗

29 Dec 2024

On Generosity original ↗

14 Dec 2024

How To Add Numbers To a Sail original ↗

30 Nov 2024

Install a Marine Music System original ↗

16 Nov 2024

How to Reinforce Your Stem Fitting original ↗

2 Nov 2024

Salon Table Upgrades from Simple to Spectacular original ↗

19 Oct 2024

Stingy’s Used Sailboat Buying Guide original ↗

7 Sept 2024

The Essentials You Should Have in Your Onboard Toolbox original ↗

24 Aug 2024

How To Repair a Rudder original ↗

10 Aug 2024

How to Rig a Self-Tacking Jib for Free!original ↗

27 Jul 2024

Refinish Your Interior Teak To Better Than New original ↗

13 Jul 2024

Sew Your Own Winch Covers From Scraps original ↗

29 Jun 2024

10 Tips On How To Make Time To Work On Your Sailboat original ↗

15 Jun 2024

Six DIY Skills Every Skipper Should Know original ↗

1 Jun 2024

How to Replace Trailer Bunk Boards original ↗

18 May 2024

Turn a Locker Lid Into a Cockpit Table original ↗

4 May 2024

Install Midship Cleats and Dock Like a Pro original ↗

20 Apr 2024

Make This Boom Tent: the Poor Man’s Bimini original ↗

23 Mar 2024

So You Just Bought Your First Sailboat—Where Do You Begin?original ↗

9 Mar 2024

Quick and Simple DIY Turnbuckle Boots original ↗

24 Feb 2024

How to Rebuild an Outboard Motor Water Pump original ↗

10 Feb 2024

Handy and Cheap Line Hangers original ↗

27 Jan 2024

How to Rig a Cruising Spinnaker in 4 Stingy Stages original ↗

13 Jan 2024

2023

Sew This Jib Sock to Protect Your Furled Headsails original ↗

30 Dec 2023

Take Heart, Have Faith original ↗

23 Dec 2023

Turn Those Chain Plate Bolts!original ↗

16 Dec 2023

Make This Easy And Elegant Wine Glass Rack original ↗

2 Dec 2023

No Furler? Make a Foredeck Sail Bag original ↗

19 Nov 2023

Refinish Your Swing Keel for Best Performance – Part 1: Removing original ↗

4 Nov 2023

The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Ball Valve Maintenance original ↗

21 Oct 2023

Convert Your Lights To LED Bulbs For More Light With Less Power original ↗

7 Oct 2023

Lazy Jacks for the Trailer Sailor original ↗

23 Sept 2023

Quit Spending Setup Time on Turnbuckles original ↗

9 Sept 2023

How to Step a Mast Single-Handed With or Without Using the Boom as a Gin Pole original ↗

26 Aug 2023

Use Your Boat Hook to Sail Faster Downwind original ↗

12 Aug 2023

Make a Flag Halyard to Fly Your Favorite Colors original ↗

29 Jul 2023

15 Outboard Motor Maintenance Blind Spots You Can’t Afford to Miss original ↗

15 Jul 2023

Upgrade Your Outboard Motor to Charge Your Battery original ↗

2 Jul 2023

How to Paint Cove and Boot Stripes Like a Pro original ↗

17 Jun 2023

How to Secure Your Outboard Motor for Safe Trailering original ↗

3 Jun 2023

The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Winch Maintenance original ↗

20 May 2023

Make Your Own Lifeline Cushions original ↗

6 May 2023

Make a Door to Storage Space Under the V Berth original ↗

25 Feb 2023

2022

Even the Winds And the Waves Obey Him original ↗

17 Dec 2022

Fix That Screeching Main Hatch!original ↗

10 Sept 2022

Tips To Get Organized Below Deck original ↗

27 Aug 2022

Make This Fold-Up Paper Towel Holder original ↗

2 Jul 2022

GPS Tips & Tricks for Sailors original ↗

21 May 2022

2021

Storm Rider original ↗

25 Dec 2021

Make a Tiller Extension For Better Cockpit Mobility original ↗

9 Oct 2021

Lift Your Lazarette Lids With Gas Springs original ↗

25 Sept 2021

Product Review: Magma BeachFire/Rio Grill original ↗

14 Aug 2021

Product Review: Garmin ECHOMAP UHD 73sv Chartplotter original ↗

3 Jul 2021

Try This Rudder Hack for Less Weather Helm original ↗

5 Jun 2021

Top 10 DIY Projects of 2020 original ↗

2 Jan 2021

2020

Unintimidated original ↗

19 Dec 2020

18 Perished in US Sailing Tragedies in 2019 original ↗

29 Aug 2020

Why Your Swing Keel Lock Bolt Won’t Save You in a Knockdown original ↗

20 Jun 2020

Add a Solar-Powered Flood Light in Your Cockpit original ↗

9 May 2020

Is COVID-19 Keeping You Off The Water?original ↗

11 Apr 2020

Refinish Your Swing Keel for Best Performance – Part 5: Installing original ↗

21 Mar 2020

Refinish Your Swing Keel for Best Performance – Part 4: Sealing and Painting original ↗

7 Mar 2020