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Every month Yahchitng Monthly's resident expert answers a reader's question. This month, Mike and Linda ask if it's wise to cross a shipping lane without AISMike and Linda are cros...
Stuart Greenfield, a RYA Yachtmaster and racing coach, offers a reminder that command at sea is serious: There is a group that goes by the name The Foredeck Union. You may have enc...
Dave Perry’s 100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes highlights specific aspects of the racing rules in a fun format designed to help you become more familiar with The Racing Rules of Sailin...
Dave Perry’s 100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes highlights specific aspects of the racing rules in a fun format designed to help you become more familiar with The Racing Rules of Sailin...
Dave Perry’s 100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes highlights specific aspects of the racing rules in a fun format designed to help you become more familiar with The Racing Rules of Sailin...
Perhaps even measured thrice? Yes. On reflection, I think we can absolutely lock that one in. So then, let's consider all this. Now that initial quantum was keeping the ambition in...
When a Yachting Monthly reader questions the need for pyrotechnic flares, our resident expert, Rachael Sprot, explains the pros and consSarah and Jan co-own Audax, a Hanse 348 base...
Offwind sails keep you sailing in lighter airs, but a furling system will make it far safer and easier to rig and set sails soloWhether it’s by choice or necessity, being able to h...
by Stuart Greenfield, Yacht Racing Performance Coach I have been involved in yacht racing, one way or another, since 1974, which is long enough to have made a few mistakes, owned a...
Master 100 essential sailing terms and talk like a true sailor. Build confidence on deck and make every voyage more exciting.
In August 2024, the 184-foot luxury yacht Bayesian sank in a storm at anchor off the Sicilian coast. Nearly two years later, blame is being decided. Report by Peter Swanson for Loo...
A squall can add to, subtract from, or totally reverse the wind. Learning to map it by any means is the key to staying upright, says Simon RowellSqualls are self-contained convecti...
Deciding a departure used to rely on a combination of watching the barometer, the 11 o'clock news, NOAA forecasts, SSB broadcasts out of Point Reyes, discussions with local fisherm...
by Stuart Greenfield, Yacht Racing Performance Coach After enough miles offshore, the kind where the watch system stops feeling fresh around day two and the decisions start to blur...
Are you pulling your lines the wrong way? Quantum Sails wants your pinky lock engaged: There’s a reason you don’t just grab a line from underneath and pull. When you pull that way,...
Following recent discussions on hydrodynamic instability in confined waters, an important operational question remains: Why do experienced bridge tea...
by Kim Couranz, SpinSheet magazine I grew up as a crew member, first as a tween on big boats and crewing in college. As I emerged into the “real world” of working, I wanted to keep...
by Alison O’Leary, Soundings It took just minutes for our mayday beacon to ping off a NOAA satellite and reach the Coast Guard’s Southeast Command Center near Miami. When it was re...
by Stuart Greenfield, Yacht Racing Performance Coach Rhode Island, 1983 America’s Cup. I’m the mast man — sewer rat in the language of the foredeck — aboard the 12-Metre Victory, a...
by Lategaming pdzoch wrote:A question suggested by [user=Inkwan][/user]Why don't more people run seafaring campaigns?Because most people don’t know anything about the sea or saili...
The crew of the 54ft catamaran Magic Bus was forced to abandon after taking on uncontrollable amounts of water. Sean McNeill reports on lessons their safe recovery offers About one...
Talk to seafarers or crew managers today and one topic keeps surfacing: the STCW Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities (PSSR) course. On paper,...
Before modern yacht design embraced non-overlapping headsails, a quiver of different sized sails was needed to cover the wind range. Offshore coach Stuart Greenfield reflects back...
For centuries, the great circle route has been an elegant solution addressing the shortest path between two points.Modern shipping, however, operates...
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