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When you go stern to with lines ashore, or even onto a town key using your anchor not lazy-lines, the weight rests on your windlass.

Ok, this might seem extreme but its not. If you are not using an anchor alarm get one now!!! But more importantly for those moments

One big thing on a boat is what’s your plan? things change and go “wrong” all the time but its not a drama if you

They say, “better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick”, well I can tell you having just had a poke in the

Sailors that are free diving to clean their hulls, especially, might not have been trained and not understand this simple safety rule. Humans have a

We’ve got a coppercoat hull, which means its a hard (epoxy based) hull paint that can be scrubbed cleaned with some gentle maintenance. Make sure

Mind you some would say it costs its weight in gold. But not our experience. We got Waitata coppercoated in Southampton through a highly recommended

Firstly what do I mean by getting pressed? Well upwind if you have too much sail up (mainsail) for the wind you can let out

When I did my advanced courses I was lucky, I did them in February in the Solent and F9 was the average wind strength. It

There are many things in life and sailing that are uncertain, the weather for a start, but often there is an ability to turn uncertainty