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 chart, using a Portland plotter and dividers. We also looked at variation on a chart, i.e. the difference between the [...]
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 reefing, which is a clue as why he went back the way he came... Full feature in the December-January issue. [...]
Dramatic footage of RNLI teams has been making quite a stir on Facebook recently. In our October-November issue, Richard Johnstone-Bryden visits Happisburgh Lifeboat Station to learn the remarkable techniques used by the rescue crews.
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 – last year she won the Gold Roman Bowl in the Round the Island race... not bad for a 1939 [...]
