It’s round about this time of year that pilots of huge ships in places like the Solent, Felixstowe and the Thames start to get jumpy. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest …
Check that waypoint!
We know we make mistakes from time to time inputting all those lat / long numbers into our GPS units when we’re plotting waypoints. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest …
Squall!
You can never be sure what’ll happen when a cumulonimbus (‘Cu-nimb’) cloud like this comes your way, but you’ll be lucky if the answer is ‘nothing at all’. To access this post, you must …
A clean cut
Every sailor should carry a knife. You never know when you’ll need it. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 Year Gift Membership. …
Just how far can you really see?
It’s surprising how close the actual horizon is. Of course, any object with a bit of height to it can be seen ‘hull-down’ at greater distances... To access this post, you must purchase The …
Keep peering around that corner
We all know that a deep-bodied genoa totally blocks off all vision on the lee bow, especially when you’re close-hauled and well heeled over. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea …
