Here’s a shiny new syphon breaker in the engine cooling line before the water is injected into the exhaust system. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual …
Compensating for leeway
Unless you’re a professor of mathematics who can think in pure numbers, the easiest way to plot a course compensating for leeway is visually. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea …
Button up the ‘moby’
Anecdotal evidence suggests that more reading glasses and mobile phones have been lost by sailors leaning down to attend to a docklines than by any other group of humanity. To access this …
Left-over seas
The chances are that some time this season half of us will find ourselves holed up in some faraway port while the usual mid-holiday gale blows itself out. To access this post, you must …
Wide in, tight out
Old racing hands know that the quickest way to round a mark of the course is to approach it wide, then tighten the turn as you round. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest …
Overfalls and the passage plan
Planning a passage on a electronic vector chart, it’s vital to zoom well in at any headlands or other pinch points. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual …
