Most sailors learn to pull the mainsheet in and out and stop there. But a…
Category: Sailing
If your boat keeps trying to turn into the wind, the tiller pulls hard in…
Telltales are the cheapest and most useful sail-trim instruments on any boat. A few short…
Sail into almost any harbor in Greece, Croatia, Italy or Turkey and you will see…
You put the engine in reverse to back out of your slip, and instead of…
Heaving to is the closest thing a sailboat has to a parking brake. With the…
Reefing means making a sail smaller so the boat stays upright, balanced and under control…
Picking up a mooring ball looks easy when an experienced crew does it: the boat…
Losing a rudder is one of the more alarming things that can happen on a…
Quick answer: yes, you can sail a sloop without a jib. Under mainsail alone most…