Category: DailyWave

In discussion the other day with some other cruisers the topic of Noonsite came up and their response was “What”. Well.. if you don’t know

Setting up Satellite weather is simple, but not straight forward. You need a satellite device like an Iridium Go, but you also need an account

The sails and rigging on your boat are what you use to get where you’re going. More importantly if anything goes wrong with them the

When spending time away from 4G there is only one way to get weather updates and that is Satellites. But critical devices like an Iridium

On a regular basis, check that the shackles on your sails have decent lockwire or zip ties to ensure they can not come undone at

Flying an anchor ball is something only a few boats do, We’ve noticed English boats do very religiously, but then their insurance demands that they

When you need to ascend the mast, you can be raised up the mast itself using a main halyard or topping lift, or you can

When doing long passages, or hard passages you need to be wary of the ever so common error, ID, 10 T. Yes an IDIOT can

Sailing shorthanded the mainsail is a handful and if reaching downwind not always needed. Consider the worth of keeping the mainsail up during the night

When sailing a shift pattern, if you have to wake the other person up, it really cuts into your sleep pattern and lack of sleep