It’s been said often enough, but summer’s coming on and it’s easy to forget what the chaps on the big ships can’t see. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest membership …
Get your weight into it
Winding a winch when it’s tough going, you need to get your weight right over the job, even if it means one foot outside the cockpit. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea Chest …
EP for more than one hour
If you are obliged to plot a traditional estimated position at more than one hour from your departure point, don’t try to do it hour by hour. To access this post, you must purchase The Sea …
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 …
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 …
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 …
