Category: Seamanship
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Navigation basics: Latitude and longitude
Dividing the earth; meridians and parallels and how they can be used to pinpoint any locations. Degrees, minutes and the Nautical Mile. And how the grid scale on a nautical chart uses these measurements to… […]
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Navigation basics: Estimated position
By John Clarke of Team Sailing Fixing our position, and calculating our speed and course – the EP. See diagrams below. In another article we went through how to measure distance and bearing on a… […]
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Sailing an Achilles 24 in Scottish waters
Join Rob Bashford as he sails his Achilles 24 through the Caledonian Canal and up the western coast of Scotland in a bid to go “over the top”. Rob gives us a basic lesson in… […]
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Launching the Lifeboat.
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How Whooper wins the day
From our December issue: Opening photo shows: Whooper at the RYS Bicentenary regatta. Inside her is Cereste, third yacht is the S&S Clarionet – Photo James Robinson Taylor Solent based Whooper is a winning yacht… […]