How S/V EMPIRICUS, an 18-ton sailboat, was lifted out onto the beach in the Canadian Arctic hamlet of Cambridge Bay.

How S/V EMPIRICUS, an 18-ton sailboat, was lifted out onto the beach in the Canadian Arctic hamlet of Cambridge Bay.

So how do you arrange to have a 50 foot sailboat weighing about 18 tons lifted out of the sea and placed on the beach for a 10 month winter stay in the Arctic?

CAREFULLY... and with LOTS OF PATIENCE... says skipper Jesse Osborn.

Read the full story online at: http://empiricusembarks.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/patience-and-cranes/comment-page-1/