The most basic rules for racing sailboats for beginner-level sailors. Must still read the 2009-2012 ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing for more comprehensive coverage.
Vacation Ideas: Danger Charters, Key West, Florida Danger Charters’ boats are docked at the Westin Hotel Marina at the corner of Whitehead Street and Greene Street. Walk between the Westin Resort/M...
Yachties will love this one! If you can remember the magic figure of six degrees, you can work out several navigational problems, eg, estimating the course to steer to counter the effect of a curre...
Latest class rules from the Int'l Access Class Association. The SKUD 18 is a Paralympic-class keelboat that debued in the 2008 Paralympic Games, and is sailed by a severly disabled sailor and femal...
Singlehander is a simple homemade protractor for checking bearings or courses from a chart. It's an ideal device on a small boat where knee-top navigation in the cockpit is the norm and plotters or...
SAILING
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The 100-strong fleet sail past the historic three-masted clipper "James Craig" after the start of the annual 628 nautical mile Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on December 26, 200...
An Article that appeared in the "Good Old Boat" Magazine concerning Fred Bingham's designed Allergra 24 sailboat. It is rumored that Fred just increased the frame spacing for his son's, Bruce Bingh...
This short paper describes a way of estimating the times of high tide from March to December using just three numbers.
It is unbelievably simple and may well get you out of a hole one day.
How self-steering on a yacht may be improved by the addition of a small sail attached to the tiller. Used it after my premature ejection from HMS Bounty; it worked a treat!
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Originally kayaks were made to be sailed or to be used on till, calm lake water. But with passing year use of kayaks in ocean kayaking is increased and now this ocean kayak is also very popular. Or...
Sailing I watched a witch fold her hand in poker. Maybe now's a good time to call a cab for Satan. Each and every heartache we build could topple tomorrow, leaving suffering evidence of mustard as ...
Sailing Course for Beginners
This electronic version has been prepared using the 1988 revised version of the original YCC “Summary of the Sailing Course” of 1969. It contains chapters on trapeze s...
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Welcome to SailLaser
Paul Goodison World No. 1 Laser Sailor 18 Junior and Youth Sailing Programme 22 Matt Bridge Chief Instruct...
Dire Straits Navigation.
Lost at Sea? The GPS has packed up? The fat controllers have turned off the satellites? No problem. Find your position using this simple technique requiring a watch set to...
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What do a cast iron kettle, a handful of pebbles and a catspaw have in common? They have all been used at various times by seafarers becalmed at sea to discover the set and drift o...