Someone has discovered that if you cover one eye, thus acquiring 2D vision in place of your normal 3D vision, you are less likely to get seasick. This discovery comes on top of the discovery that if you wear one earplug you will, similarly, be less prone to the dreaded mal. I see a trend. …
Someone has discovered that if you cover one eye, thus acquiring 2D vision in place of your normal 3D vision, you are less likely to get seasick. This discovery comes on top of the discovery that if you wear one earplug you will, similarly, be less prone to the dreaded mal. I see a trend. …
Easter weekend approaches, time to remind you all of the dangers of drowning. Drowning is not a noisy, dramatic event. Our body’s response to suffocation by water is quite different to the commonly held view that it involves waving arms and shouting for help. That comes before you are drowning. At that point you are …
A few tips to help you get the best out of your VHF antenna: Height above sea level is important because the combination of your antenna height and your co-respondent’s antenna height determines range. Your horizon distance plus his horizon distance are what’s important – they need to touch to communicate. If you have a very …
When I dreamt of setting off into the wide blue yonder I followed the teachings of the Hiscocks, the Pardeys and Bob Griffith. My boat would be simple, rugged and seaworthy. It would carry stout ground tackle, fly hanked-on sails and be worked from the deck not the cockpit. And that’s pretty much how it …
Busy, busy at the moment with the season getting into full swing. Here’s a post I made a year or so ago about bouyage here and over the pond, for no better reason than a recent post on the YBW forum reminded me of it: I’m talking about the World’s buoyage systems and, in particular, …
Easter weekend approaches, time to remind you all of the dangers of drowning. Drowning is not a noisy, dramatic event. Our body’s response to suffocation by water is quite different to the commonly held view that it involves waving arms and shouting for help. That comes before you are drowning. At that point you are …
I’ve mentioned before that the best antenna for boats of the size most of us sail is a 1m whip antenna because it has a nice fat radiation pattern that suits the rock and rolly platform on which it needs to operate. With this plump rather than thinly focused pattern there is always some portion of …