Haul Away! Let's Hoist the Ballooner!

A spinnaker hoist on a Fife cutter as seen from the vantage point of a jumper strut high up on the wood mainmast. A lot of canvas flying!


Mariquita spinnaker hoist, "Poetry in motion". from Richard Sawle on Vimeo.

This blog is mostly about small boat sailing but I have covered keelboats occasionally. For those in the depths of Northern Hemisphere winter, inside the house, with time on their hands, you can watch my previous keeler posts on Earwigoagin here.