Know your Navlights & Shapes – essential for all skippers

by Stuart Batley | Communications, Navigation, Preparation

Know your Navlights & Shapes International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (ColRegs) Anyone who is responsible for a vessel at sea, from the smallest dinghy to an ocean going supertanker, day or night, must be able to recognise other vessels and...

Boating Rules of the Road – International ColRegs

by Stuart Batley | Navigation, Preparation

International ColRegs Rule 7: Risk of Collision Anyone who is responsible for a vessel at sea, from the smallest dinghy to an ocean going supertanker, must be able to recognise other vessels around them day or night, whatever the visibility. They need to...

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Boat maintenance involves cleaning, varnishing, painting, polishing, antifouling, servicing the engine, servicing the seacocks and maintaining the gas and plumbing systems. How prepared are you? Read our advice here: ⛵ https://loom.ly/n76S7Zk

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The maintenance of a boat involves things like cleaning, varnishing, painting, polishing, antifouling, servicing the engine, servicing the seacocks, and maintaining the gas and plumbing systems. It all amounts to a fairly considerable amount of work that can't be ignored if you are to keep your boat...

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⛵ Keeping boat records - essential for all boat owners, to ensure that you know when equipment needs checking and replacing. Follow our tips here:

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You've discovered water ingress on board after hitting an object in the water. Should you abandon ship or not? James Stevens reveals the answer

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⛵ Sailing Single Handed to the Azores. Part 9 - Around the Azores ⚓

This is the ninth of a 10-part post where solo sailor, Bernie Branfield, shares his first-hand account of sailing from Plymouth, UK to the Azores, as part of the 2022 Jester Challenge, in his 26′ Invicta Mk2, Louisa

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Know your Navlights & Shapes – essential for all skippers

Boating Rules of the Road – International ColRegs

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