If you try to come alongside a wall conventionally in a strong offshore gale, you’ll struggle to get anyone ashore. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual …
Recycle the newspaper and take a snap
When you’re faced with an intricate job with lots of small parts, circlips and springs, take your time and always lay a sheet of newspaper under the job. To access this post, you must …
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Use your loaf!
At sea on extended passages, nothing raises morale so much as the smell of baking bread. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 Year Gift …
Paying the rates
If you haven’t studied for a Yachtmaster theory course for a while, you’ve probably forgotten about the ‘computation of rates’ table which sits quietly minding its own business in the front of an …
Lead it right
A system like this makes moving the sheet car to the right place a breeze. For the full genoa, just move it fore or aft until any tell-tales at the top and bottom of the luff ‘lift’ at the same time …
Careening in the 21st century
Sailing with a foul bottom is hateful to us all, but how many would go to the lengths of these young Frenchmen to maintain performance. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest …
