Most of us know that on a calm, hot day along the coast, a sea breeze may well develop around lunchtime, or even earlier. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership …
Don’t feel it, eyeball it
Checking for an anchor dragging by feeling the cable might work, but it’s not guaranteed. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 Year Gift …
Boot top – aesthetic or pragmatic?
Look at the boot top on this yacht. The lower interface of the white line is parallel with the water. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 …
Electronic Beacons
Here’s a safe line defined on the chart by a distant transit that’s notoriously difficult to spot. The answer has been to plot a waypoint on it. To access this post, you must purchase The …
Cyclonic
Here’s a term we hear from time to time on the weather forecast. But what does it mean? Cyclonic conditions are usually found in the centre of a low pressure system away from any fronts. To …
MARPA problems?
Many sailors with modern radar have spent installed MARPA (Mini Automatic Radar Plotting Aid). To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 Year …
