Category: Seamanship
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Heaving the Log
A line, to which markers or ‘knots’ were placed at eight fathom (47ft 3inches to be precise) intervals, was wound on the reel which one man holds over his head.To the end of this 500ft… […]
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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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How Whooper wins the day
From our December 2015 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… […]
