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25 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Heavy Weather Sailing with RYA Instructor Sticky Stapylton

If you have ever sailed in rough weather then you’ll know that it’s an exhilarating and addictive experience. After I sailed in a force 8 Gale last autumn I started looking around for advice to see if anyone could tell me if I was missing anything. That was when I came across Sticky who is [...]

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15 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Techniques: How to adjust the main sail without stopping

Techniques: How to adjust the main sail without stopping

This would seem as if it were the most simple thing that any sailor could do, yet I’ve seen many different ways of getting that sail up and down the mast with each skipper and many different instructors having different approaches. My favourite to date which works well in light to moderate conditions is to [...]

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