How to win in sailing regatta
Racing in a sailboat regartta
Learning to Sail with an Electronic Wind Meter
Even if you don’t have one on your sailboat charter – one day you’ll be helming someone else’s boat with an Electronic Wind Meter and you certainly want the owner to be confident at what you are doing. There’s a couple of secrets so read on. He’s what happened – I took out two guys […]
Light Air Sailing
Someone was saying that the secret to light air sailing was the rudder. Not over steering the boat is important but the key is sail shape !This is where my students excelled, because they had a lot of sailing education. You can’t sail well in light air if you have too much draft in the […]
Furling a head sail in high winds
Sailing last weekend reminded me of this tip so here it is. Often times when using a roller furler head sail you’ll find that if you’re furling it in really high winds, there is not enough furling line in the spool. And this has the potential problem of damage if you’re not watching what you […]
Sailing Around the world in… I don’t know … days
Last weekend we met up with our friends Chris and Christine Ellsay in Nelson New Zealand. Chris and Chris, with their three kids aged 10, 8 and 6 are sailing around the world and it was refreshing to hear them say – “I don’t know how long we’ll take”. They’re 3 years into it and […]