by Bernie Branfield | Boat Handling, Communications, Crewing skills, Emergencies, Navigation, Preparation, Yacht ownership
Jester Challenge – A modern experiment in old-fashioned self-reliance, self sufficiency, and personal responsibility. The Jester Challenge was created for skippers of small boats who want to test their skill and self-reliance, is a uniquely successful...
by Simon Jollands | Boat Handling, Crewing skills, Yacht ownership
As yachts get bigger, the loads on halyards and sheets increase, meaning the strength needed to manage the sails also increases. Every sailor knows that grinding winches can be hard work, especially when sailing short-handed. It is important to keep winches serviced...
by Bernie Branfield | Boat Handling, Communications, Crewing skills, Emergencies, Navigation, Preparation, Yacht ownership
Jester Challenge – A modern experiment in old-fashioned self-reliance, self sufficiency, and personal responsibility. The Jester Challenge was created for skippers of small boats who want to test their skill and self-reliance, is a uniquely successful...
by Bernie Branfield | Boat Handling, Communications, Crewing skills, Emergencies, Navigation, Preparation, Yacht ownership
Jester Challenge – A modern experiment in old-fashioned self-reliance, self sufficiency, and personal responsibility. The Jester Challenge was created for skippers of small boats who want to test their skill and self-reliance, is a uniquely successful...
by Bernie Branfield | Boat Handling, Communications, Crewing skills, Emergencies, Navigation, Preparation, Yacht ownership
Jester Challenge – A modern experiment in old-fashioned self-reliance, self sufficiency, and personal responsibility. The Jester Challenge was created for skippers of small boats who want to test their skill and self-reliance, is a uniquely successful...
by Simon Jollands | Boat Handling, Crewing skills, Navigation, Yacht ownership
Who gives way to who at sea? Even seasoned sailors sometimes get this wrong and in a crowded harbour this can easily lead to a collision or at best considerable embarrassment for a boat that mistakenly thinks it has right of way over another. I recently went sailing...