When a number of boats raft up an issue often arises about shore lines chafing on bows or quarters. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 …
Give her some air
When the wind’s so light your pipe smoke goes straight up (or it used to, before having fun was banned), any decent boat with a clean bottom will still sail. To access this post, you must …
COG, SOG and the log book
Any conscientious navigator accepts that the need to maintain regular log book entries has not been compromised either by GPS or the chart plotter. To access this post, you must purchase …
Colreg mnemonics
It’s not easy to remember the details of the Colregs when you aren’t at sea every day, but sometimes there isn’t time to look up an obscure one in practice. To access this post, you must …
What a wreck!
Some readers will be sufficiently senior to remember when wreck buoys were green. Believe it or not, that’s two changes ago. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership …
All set?
Crew like to be told what’s happening. If the hands are well briefed, the skipper is in with a far better chance of not making a ‘horlicks’ out of a berthing manoeuvre. To access this post, …
