Learning to Sail with the Tell Tales
Take a look at some footage of the tell tales on the head sail as a NauticEd student turned the boat through various wind angles.
Take a look at some footage of the tell tales on the head sail as a NauticEd student turned the boat through various wind angles.
I once sailed with an ex-submarine captain who would turn the boat through a tack extremely slowly. When asked why, he had several good reasons. (1) Look behind you as you come about. If you are leaving swirling water eddies behind the rudder, these are a sum of kinetic energy that was previously in your […]
Ever had trouble trying to trim the genoa car forward or back whilst it is under load from the sail? We have the trick for you.
The sailing lesson today is to use Loctite on screws on your boat when you don’t want to lose them or when you don’t want to climb the mast.
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