When Cell Service Disappears These Skills Keep You Safe
From Mayday calls and the phonetic alphabet to code flags and hand signals, the offshore communications that still matter out there.
From Mayday calls and the phonetic alphabet to code flags and hand signals, the offshore communications that still matter out there.
Once seasick underway it is nearly impossible to reverse. Here is what to take, when to take it and which side of the boat to aim for.
A bilge pump running at midnight, a diver with wrong-sized bungs and a sheared bronze valve stem below the closed ball valve.
Choose people you have traveled with before. Avoid drama queens. And skip the couple you just met at the yacht club cocktail party.
Assign duties before you get there, drop the headsail before the turn and keep the crew off the bow. The rest is just practice.
Jamie Gifford pounded into the Sea of Cortez on a boat with a comfort ratio of 35.5 and learned what the formula cannot account for.
The charter cat earned its reputation. Writing off every offshore cat because of it means leaving real capability behind.
PTFE thread, low-aspect Dacron, two-ply leeches and the UV cover mistakes that drain cruising budgets in the tropics.
Everything deferred last fall comes due when the hull hits the water. Here is how to settle the account before the slings move.
Technical guru Steve D’Antonio covers the most common life raft mistakes, from misrigged painters to expired parts.
Four hours on, four hours off is the classic model, but the best watch system is the one your crew can actually sustain.
From drifting anchorless overnight to dragging toward a buddy boat at 1 a.m., the blunders that made me better at sailing.
From Mayday calls and the phonetic alphabet to code flags and hand signals, the offshore communications that still matter out there.
Once seasick underway it is nearly impossible to reverse. Here is what to take, when to take it and which side of the boat to aim for.
A bilge pump running at midnight, a diver with wrong-sized bungs and a sheared bronze valve stem below the closed ball valve.
Choose people you have traveled with before. Avoid drama queens. And skip the couple you just met at the yacht club cocktail party.
Assign duties before you get there, drop the headsail before the turn and keep the crew off the bow. The rest is just practice.
Jamie Gifford pounded into the Sea of Cortez on a boat with a comfort ratio of 35.5 and learned what the formula cannot account for.
The charter cat earned its reputation. Writing off every offshore cat because of it means leaving real capability behind.
PTFE thread, low-aspect Dacron, two-ply leeches and the UV cover mistakes that drain cruising budgets in the tropics.
Everything deferred last fall comes due when the hull hits the water. Here is how to settle the account before the slings move.
Technical guru Steve D’Antonio covers the most common life raft mistakes, from misrigged painters to expired parts.
Four hours on, four hours off is the classic model, but the best watch system is the one your crew can actually sustain.
From drifting anchorless overnight to dragging toward a buddy boat at 1 a.m., the blunders that made me better at sailing.
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