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What is VMG?

September 5, 2013/by Grant Headifen

VMG – Velocity Made Good and Polar Plots This discussion comes mostly out of our Electronic Navigation Course which is available also as an iPad Electronic Navigation Course App. For sailboats, VMG is slightly different than what you’d expect if you were navigating an airplane or power boat. For airplanes and powerboat VMG is your […]

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Pinching – Feel the boat talk to you

August 14, 2013/by Grant Headifen

Pinching is when the boat is heading too close to the wind. It occurs when you’re sailing too close to where the wind is coming from.

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How to do a Mediterranean Mooring

July 17, 2013/by Grant Headifen

How to do a Mediterranean Mooring with skills learned from our Maneuvering Under Power Course, now much simpler and less intimidating.

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Day Skipper Qualification Question

July 15, 2013/by Grant Headifen

How to qualify as a Day Skipper Here’s a question from one of our students about gaining their Day Skipper Qualification >>>>>> Hi Grant, I am asking about my qualification to skipper. The requirements say that I must have 10 days experience to gain level 1 for my skipper qualification. I have 13 days of […]

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How to Spring off the Dock

July 8, 2013/by Grant Headifen

Springing Off the Dock in a Sailboat Here is a simple animation that shows you how to spring off the dock when the wind is blowing you back onto the dock. Often there may be another boat in front of you and so trying to push the bow out first can easily lead to disaster […]

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How to go to the potty on a sailboat and the consequences

June 29, 2013/by Grant Headifen

There is a skill in going to the potty on a boat that, while obvious to some, may not be to a newbie without a swagger.

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How to Dock a Sailboat

June 27, 2013/by Grant Headifen

Need to dock a sailboat? This course will have you confident enough to back a boat into a slip in a 40 knot cross wind.

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How to sail in light winds

June 25, 2013/by Grant Headifen

Sailing in Light winds Sailing in light air is certainly a skill that needs to be taught by sailing schools when learning to sail. But, here are some very key points you can learn  that will get you moving through the water on light wind days. Light air sailing is very much a learned skill. […]

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Sailing Tip: How to move the fairlead forward whilst under tension

June 14, 2013/by Grant Headifen

In a stiff breeze you want to move the fairlead forward after you have reefed the headsail right? Yes, right!

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Man Overboard

May 30, 2013/by Grant Headifen

In this post I want to tell a few stories that will alert you to the fact that MOB is going to happen to you, and often when you least expect

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