Navigation, boat-handling, practical sailing skills

Sailing skills: launching and recovering the Jib

2020-11-06T11:25:21+00:00May 22nd, 2018|Seamanship|

In our experience of teaching folks to sail, both on our own Traditional Boat Skills courses aboard Amelie Rose and through the RYA YachtmasterTM scheme we’ve come across many “methods” for doing everything from making a cup of tea to picking up a man overboard. Some of these are excellent but none of them is [...]

Navigation basics: Latitude and longitude

2020-11-06T11:26:02+00:00April 26th, 2018|Seamanship|

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 enable the navigator to judge distances By John Clarke, Principal of Team Sailing The globe divided For navigational purposed the [...]

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