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.
Kirsten Neuschäfer has rounded Cape Horn and is leading the race.
I was searching on rudder removal procedures and came accross two useful videos (below).
Here is a great video from la Fabrique Culturelle on sailboat production in Québec (french only). We can see Jean-du-Sud for a few seconds.
