This is Part 2 of a 2-part series with Allan Terhune, Jr., North Sails – Manager One Design North America Division. He shared ideas about boat handling, why the leaders appear faster, the importance of rounding the windward marks well and more at the…
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Tranquil Chichester Marina and the surrounding harbour is the perfect destination for sailors with time to explore this area of natural beauty, as Alison Wood reports
Chichester Marina is situated adjacent to the rolling West Sussex countryside. Credit: PremierSurrounded by countryside, Chichester Harbour in Sussex is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), covering almost 7,400 hectares.
Distinctive tidal channels lead to a maze of inlets that criss-cross expanses of saltmarsh and mudflats.
...David Mead puts a spanner in the works to create a weighty solution for freeing a tangled halyard
A halyard can get tangled while sailing, but how can you get it free? Credit: Theo StockerHave you ever had a halyard that has gone forward over the spreaders and been trapped around something – in our case usually either be the...
10 boatbuilders are being given the opportunity to be matched and mentored by women working in the industry in a similar or complementary role
Applications to join the mentoring programme will close in a month's time. Credit: Alamy Stock PhotoApplications are now open for a mentoring programme for women boatbuilders.
The programme will offer 10 boatbuilders the opportunity to be matched and mentored by women working in the industry in a similar or complementary role.
The aim is that monthly meet-ups will help focus, support...
Barry Pickthall makes a cheap and simple sleeping comfort upgrade - a double boat berth
The double berth in situ. Credit: Barry PickthallSpending weekends and holidays afloat used to engender some reticence within my household.
A working toilet to replace the bucket, together with a roll-down modesty screen fitted above the main bulkhead opening to the forward cabin helped,...
Ali Wood looks at holding tanks, manual and electric flush toilets, and where to fit the vented loops on the Project Boat heads
Choosing a marine toilet isn’t as straightforward as you think – and after looking at the options it may be that refurbishment rather than replacement could be the answer.
With our PBO Project Boat Maximus now safely afloat in Chichester Marina, my thoughts turned to the jobs that...
Rupert Holmes shares top tips on how to avoid the dangers of falling in while in a marina and how to recover someone from a pontoon
Walking along a slippery pontoon can be lethal. Credit: Alamy Stock PhotoMan overboard: how to recover someone from a marina
How many of us have fallen into a mindset where we consider rowing out to a mooring in a tender as potentially dangerous, but regard strolling...
Women sailors and boaters are being invited to attend a splicing workshop being organised in conjunction with Women in Boat Building
The workshop will cover a 3-strand splice and a braid-on-braid and brummel splice. Credit: Graham Snook/Motor Boats MonthlyA splicing workshop is being held specifically for women sailors and boaters.
It will be run by Jas Klimcke from TS Rigging Marine Services and will look at rope construction. Participants will then be taught a 3-strand splice and a braid-on-braid and brummel splice.
All...
Richard Rogers explains how to insulate the hull of a small yacht for high latitudes sailing to cold, remote and beautiful places
Aurora in the shed at J-Star Marine, Walton-on-the-Naze. Credit: Richard RogersAfter rebuilding our Morgan Giles 30, Aurora, Alice and I plan to sail northwards or out-of-season from our base in north-west Scotland.
It’ll be cold, and from talking to others we know that sailing in the cold in an...
Mike Schroff (Melges 15 – USA242) is a lifelong, winning dinghy and big boat sailor, originally from Rhode Island, who eventually moved to the Chicago / Lake Michigan sailing scene and now Sarasota, FL. Crew Abby Brown (Canada) grew up…
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