You might be surprised to learn how many male skippers suffer from some degree of colour blindness. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 …
Shove it in
Oddly enough, the most common reason for a yacht diesel failing to start relates to when it was last shut down. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual …
The ball’s up-tide
In the days when light vessels were still found in tight waters frequented by ships heading up for ports, the pilots used the way they were lying to tell at a glance how the tide was setting. …
Damn the decimals
A typical GPS readout of a Lat/long position serves up 3 places of decimals.To put this in perspective, 2 places gives accuracy to 20 yards. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea …
Don’t get a face-full
When you’re releasing a snap shackle under load, on a cruising chute perhaps, keep your face averted and well clear of the action. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest …
Work the gravy train
Many headlands offer an hour’s ‘free tide’ on an inshore eddy just before the main turn, but when it comes to serious corners such as Lands End, Dover Strait or the Chenal du Four, a veritable gravy …
