Category: DailyWave

when sailing more than 24hours, Connie and I prefer a 4 hour shift pattern. We both stay awake until 8pm and then the first one,

When on passage and wanting to conserver power and fresh water, bucketing saltwater makes sense….. but its much easier to just use the deckwash and

Halyards, especially Spinnaker and Genoa halyards, tend to get see sawed across clutches, bridges and the likes and as they age and get salted these

When you download a weather forecast from Predictwind or a Grib, you can also download the CAPE values that are predicted. These are very important

On our fat arse Condomaran we never wins races, or if we do you should be ashamed of yourself :-). But its always a race

Sailing can be a very stressful way to travel, as well as rewarding. Make sure you always find time to appreciate why you love it

Furling a big Asymmetric can involve lots of drama if the wind has built to the stage your at the sails limits. But there is

Crash Gybes are not a nice occurrence. Preventers can be a great idea but can also be very hard to rig successfully on some Catamarans.

Always tie your sail bag down before doing anything with your sail…. they fly really easily :-). Simple, but true, same goes for dropping the

When you attach a sail sheet or such like to a sail with a bowline, always tie it with a long loop!! Long loops tend