Wind Vane

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

cover scan windvane seasteading magazine self sufficiency afloat

We found these old issues of Wind Vane; an early zine about multihulls, cruising, and seasteading from some of the founders of the movement. Contributing authors include Jim Brown, Jo Anna Brown, Tom Freeman, Jo Hudson, Tim Mann, and John Marples. It makes interesting reading. I don’t know how many issues were published but if you have some that I’m missing please send them to us and we’ll post them along with these.

Wind Vane Volume 1 Number 1, 1976 (9.0 MB)
Wind Vane Volume 1 Number 2, 1976 (8.9 MB)
Wind Vane Volume 2 Number 1, 1977 (5.8 MB)

Jo Hudson comic from windvane seasteader magazine


Concerning Nutella

Monday, February 20th, 2006

The best way to cut down on your Nutella intake is to first, finish off all the Nutella you have on your boat.


David’s Advice

Monday, February 20th, 2006

If your decks are dry in the morning, cock your head northward and start looking for some wind. Wet decks mean just another typical day in the sea. (This from David of Puerto Escondido.)


Advice #3

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

“Remember: a careful tourist is a diarrhea-free tourist.” This tasty snack of advice from the 2003 edition of Let’s Go Mexico.


General Advice

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

1. “Don’t swim at night because that’s when the sharks come out.”
2. “When the horizon looks like a herd of stampeding buffalo, get ready to reduce sail.”


Cheyenne Weil, Joshua Coxwell