All sorts of boat handling manoeuvres under sail are more easily executed under mainsail only. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 Year …
It’s all in the canvas
It’s often said that while old boats may be full of character, they don’t sail like the latest models. This boat left almost everything standing in the Round the Island Race recently. To …
Stuck in the mud?
If you’ve run aground in soft mud and she won’t back off the way she went on, try spinning her 180 degrees around on her keel. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest …
Safety in extremis
Different countries have varying regulations, but at the time of writing it is legal to sail into a wind farm within UK territorial waters, so long as you don’t anchor or come closer than 50m to an …
Overtaken by time
‘Spot the entrance by looking just east of the Martello Tower’, warbles the pilot book. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 Year Gift …
The destination waypoint
It’s understandable that many skippers navigating with plotters make only minimal use of waypoints. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership (Annual Payment) or 1 …
