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To introduce our November 2006 issue, CW editor John Burnham gives a quick lesson on vectors and their usefulness for navigating in current.
CW‘s editor, enjoying a solo summer sail on Narragansett Bay, witnesses an encounter between a daysailer and a barge under tow that’s by turns kooky, terrifying, and finally comical
Seeking on-the-water parity with her sailorly husband, a novice submits to the surprising rigor of Offshore Sailing School’s Fast Track to Cruising
Once it starts blowing over 50 knots, the survival of the boat and crew depends equally upon good seamanship, a good boat, and plain luck.
When the wind goes soft, it’s time to sharpen up your sailing technique
Keep an eye on the masthead fly. The wind changes aloft before it does on the water. Anticipate wind changes by watching to windward. Try
No real damage had been done, and the only thing bruised was an ego. But the fact remained, he went on to explain, that we were some 50 miles west of where, just moments before, we thought we were.
To introduce our November 2006 issue, CW editor John Burnham gives a quick lesson on vectors and their usefulness for navigating in current.
CW‘s editor, enjoying a solo summer sail on Narragansett Bay, witnesses an encounter between a daysailer and a barge under tow that’s by turns kooky, terrifying, and finally comical
Seeking on-the-water parity with her sailorly husband, a novice submits to the surprising rigor of Offshore Sailing School’s Fast Track to Cruising
Once it starts blowing over 50 knots, the survival of the boat and crew depends equally upon good seamanship, a good boat, and plain luck.
When the wind goes soft, it’s time to sharpen up your sailing technique
Keep an eye on the masthead fly. The wind changes aloft before it does on the water. Anticipate wind changes by watching to windward. Try
No real damage had been done, and the only thing bruised was an ego. But the fact remained, he went on to explain, that we were some 50 miles west of where, just moments before, we thought we were.
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