After sitting next to Stan for about an hour, I stood up to stretch and get some blood flowing in my legs. As I did, I heard the faint but unmistakable snap of a circuit breaker going from the On to the Off position, followed by the sound of an alarm coming from the computer that was displaying the charts. “What happened to the GPS?” asked Stan as he looked at a message on the screen telling him that the GPS signal had been lost
Suppose you’re heading off on a two-day race and some of your crew haven’t sailed with you before. They come highly recommended, but they don’t know your boat or your standard operating procedures. What should you discuss with them as you head for the starting line?
A problem can easily arise when several knowledgeable sailors are on deck during a passage or even a daysail and it is not clear who is charge. Each is partially attentive, but no one is paying attention to the details on the chart or what other boats are hidden under the jib but are on a collision course. Even couples on a passage can have this problem when both are on deck during the day.
With tens of thousands of miles sailed (and working) in the cold-water latitudes, CCA Member Mark Roye has learned a
Our boat sat unused last year because of Covid, and I scheduled a two day in depth inspection last week to look at th
Racing "Big Boats" on SF Bay aboard a classic wooden schooner highlights the need to brief crew on the specifics of their roles onboard.