Part of the fun of being a full time live aboard cruiser is to hear from older sailors who sailed the world or area without gps and internet based weather apps and many of the conveniences of today sailing vessels. Today we have adjustable rolling furling mains and jibs and equipment to auto steer our course and very accurate charts that show our exact position. Just 20 years ago would have to “hank” on different sized jibs or manually reef the main sail. Navigation was often compass and celestial navigation and paper charts. Weather was a barometer. Lighting was pressured kerosene.
To remind us of the old school sailing methods and times we have gotten a few books onboard where we read about solo world passages in smaller boats with very low tech compared to todays highly complicated boats of systems with plumbing, navigation electronics and electrical solar etc.
Adventures of Scott and sailor 