Most of us don’t bother to buy expensive tailor-made log books, preferring to rule our own columns in a simple hard-backed exercise book. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea …
Give it some slack
A heap of dinghies like this is an offence to God and man. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 Year Gift Membership. …
One flag worth knowing
The days when Yachtmasters had to learn all the signal flags and Morse code are mercifully long past. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 …
Halyard tension
You can’t really tell whether a main halyard is pulled up hard enough by wiggling the luff in your hand. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or …
Using slip ropes
Use these only when you really need them, not as a matter of course, because they have a bad habit of causing trouble, especially if rigged through a ring. To access this post, you must …
Rubbish in Garbage out
Using a chart plotter to deal with secondary port tidal heights is a stunning improvement over the old number-crunching arrangements. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest …
