Tag: sailing skills

  • Pretty essential:short handed mainsail reefing

    Dan

    Good article from yachting World about briefing the main sail with only two people. The most important advice in here in my opinion is to practice and know exactly what each person is going to do before you start doing it. But I think there are two things left out of this article that are… Read more

  • Woah this makes me want to learn celestial navigation

    Dan

    From Sailing Simplicity: *There is something extremely romantic about celestial navigation. It’s much more than just getting a fix, which is purely utilitarian. As Hewitt Schlereth says in his book Celestial Navigation in a Nutshell, “Why learn celestial navigation? Because it will satisfy your soul”. To truly know celestial, you need to be in tune with the… Read more

  • Important stuff: Sailboat Emergency Steering

    Dan

    A longtime voyager explains the gear and methods that can help you gain control of your boat if its steering ability or rudder are lost. https://www.cruisingworld.com/sailboat-emergency-steering/#:~:text=Sailboat%20Emergency%20Steering,rudder%20are%20lost. Read more