Practical Boat Owner - July 2018
PACIFIC LOGBOOK sorted and everything put back on various shelves, the rest of the night went well. It was windy with a big sea, ...
CRUISING Monday 06 March Wind 10-14 knots, 025^0 T Still over 1,400 miles to go to the Marquesas Islands. Because of weather con ...
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A fter completing my cruise of St Malo and the Channel Islands in New Dawn, my Hunter Horizon 26, I was waiting in Jersey for a ...
make the return possibly more hazardous than carrying on. How angry I was with myself for not fixing the little drips in Jersey! ...
SEAMANSHIP Avoiding collision Circumnavigator Stuart MacDonald shares essential tips for staying out of trouble in this extract ...
AVOIDING COLLISION How to reduce the risk Broadly speaking, there are a couple of ways to decrease the risk of collision: ■ You ...
SEAMANSHIP Crossing paths Commercial vessels usually take the course which results in the shortest possible distance between the ...
AVOIDING COLLISION End on situation GET OUT A round turn 2 1 Being overtaken Don’t assume you have been seen GET OUT The dead zo ...
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New Gear The latest new products on the market Balpha Mast There are a signifi cant challenges facing the trailer-sailer getting ...
NEW GEAR ‘That was a mistake. I should have left well enough alone...’ It’s so useful to read an experienced yachtsman’s account ...
O nce a soldier, always a soldier and with that comes a restless spirit, one that drives me; so it was that I decided to underta ...
without it: I call it ‘lady luck’ and believe that preparation keeps harmony between skipper and vessel, which is essential to a ...
range’ with dark mountains to the east, the Hebrides dimly visible to the west, I slipped into beautiful Badachro south of Lochi ...
You WILL meet tribulation, all the worse for being solo. Accept that; don’t fret about it before you depart. Remember the five P ...
Dennis Hardley/Alamy headed for a rendezvous back in Craobh. I crossed my outgoing track as A-Jay slipped under the pylons guard ...
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S ome years ago I made a fi lm for the Broads Authority promoting this wonderful wetland. I’ve sailed here for 20 years and writ ...
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