As I am deep into intallation of engine bearers, I am educating myself on how to properly do fiberglass layers over wood. I found the three videos below, by BoatWorks Today, to be quite useful. They are short and easy to understand.
I recently completed a boat delivery from La Rochelle (France) to the Turcs and Caicos Islands, via the Canary Islands and Cape Verde. It took over a month and a half, with a few stops along the way. This transatlantic crossing was rich in experiences, and I share below some of the lessons I learned along the way.
The practical use of the CPA/TCPA pair is to evaluate the risk of collisions. If the CPA of a boat is zero (or close to zero), there is a collision risk and the skipper should alter the boat’s current course to increase the CPA.
Is it faster to sail downwind a straight line or to gybe from one tack to the other? The answer, of course, depends very much on the boat performance and the prevailing winds. It is however possible to provide some practical guidance with a little use of theory.
I am preparing for an ocean crossing. We will be leaving La Rochelle, sail south the Canary Islands, which will be our springboard for the trade winds. We hope to finish our crossing in Antigua, but our final destination is Nassau. It is a bit late in the season, as...
Prior to the invention of computers, calculators, or even sliding rules, having what is known as a « sine table » was however of critical importance.
How did we find those values?
Celestial navigation has the reputation of being complicated, obscure and, depending on your relation to mathematics, bordering black magic.
