Are your seacocks the old-fashioned (but still the best) bronze lever-and-cone type such as Blake’s? To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 …
When all else fails, look to the sun!
Here’s a yacht making landfall on an ironbound coast with no GPS. The Skagerrak was full of fog and although it’s clear now, she’s no idea where she is, other than off the coast of southeast Norway. …
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A lifeline in the fog
We’re coming into the foggiest months of the year right now, and with GPS we are so much safer than we used to be. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual …
Look behind you
It’s a new season and we all tend to forget the way a following wind builds up unnoticed. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 Year Gift …
‘Ready about!’ but ‘Stand by to Gybe!’
These are the traditional orders. ‘Ready about’ means ‘Sort yourselves out for a tack.’ ‘Stand by to gybe’ means ‘get that mainsheet hove in and keep your heads down!’ To access this post, …
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Turn it up!
When you need the safety of a turn on a winch, maintain a whole turn-and-a-half, not half-a-one. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 Year …
