Navigating in Fog
Modern electronics and time-tested seamanship skills will keep you going when visibility diminishes.
Modern electronics and time-tested seamanship skills will keep you going when visibility diminishes.
When it comes to setting the hook in distant anchorages, take the advice of this long-range cruising couple: size, skill and savvy always matter.
Perfecting this maneuver takes practice. With these techniques, before long, you’ll be backing down with the best of them. “Boathandling” from our March 2000 issue
Storm Trysail Club has announced a new hands-on safety at sea seminar coming next year.
Quantum sail designer and pro sailor David Armitage is making the transition from racer to cruiser as he gets ready to set sail on a nine-month cruise.
The exact right amount of heel in breeze is a hotly debated topic amongst many sailors, but some basic tenets always hold true when sailing in breeze.
With the modern catamaran’s big, powerful mainsails, it’s all about the traveler. From our June 2011 issue.
For those planning to store a boat in the Caribbean or South Pacific for a season, mold and bugs could pose a larger threat aboard than a storm. These tips will help prevent an invasion.
Trimming the mainsail isn’t always the easiest task, but John Burnham gives us a few tips on how to make sail trim a little less complex.
Mastering this basic tenet of seamanship can help any sailor control the circumstances when the conditions get gnarly.
No Foil to This Coil: Having trouble with coiled halyards or lines that keep coming undone? Let’s solve the problem once and for all.
In tandem with the mainsail, the simple set of twin headsails lets you gobble up those offshore miles — on any point of sail — safely and efficiently.
Modern electronics and time-tested seamanship skills will keep you going when visibility diminishes.
When it comes to setting the hook in distant anchorages, take the advice of this long-range cruising couple: size, skill and savvy always matter.
Perfecting this maneuver takes practice. With these techniques, before long, you’ll be backing down with the best of them. “Boathandling” from our March 2000 issue
Storm Trysail Club has announced a new hands-on safety at sea seminar coming next year.
Quantum sail designer and pro sailor David Armitage is making the transition from racer to cruiser as he gets ready to set sail on a nine-month cruise.
The exact right amount of heel in breeze is a hotly debated topic amongst many sailors, but some basic tenets always hold true when sailing in breeze.
With the modern catamaran’s big, powerful mainsails, it’s all about the traveler. From our June 2011 issue.
For those planning to store a boat in the Caribbean or South Pacific for a season, mold and bugs could pose a larger threat aboard than a storm. These tips will help prevent an invasion.
Trimming the mainsail isn’t always the easiest task, but John Burnham gives us a few tips on how to make sail trim a little less complex.
Mastering this basic tenet of seamanship can help any sailor control the circumstances when the conditions get gnarly.
No Foil to This Coil: Having trouble with coiled halyards or lines that keep coming undone? Let’s solve the problem once and for all.
In tandem with the mainsail, the simple set of twin headsails lets you gobble up those offshore miles — on any point of sail — safely and efficiently.
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