Drooping is not usually a good thing. You don’t want drooping bits. You especially don’t want drooping spreaders. Drooping spreaders are a symptom of a rig in distress, a rig on the road to catastrophic failure. Perky upward pointing spreaders are what you want. Perky spreaders have tips that bisect the angle of the shrouds …
For all leisure boat applications I advocate using 1m, 3dbi gain whip type antennas such as the Metz so let’s look at the various ways you can mount these antennas. Height above sea level trumps most other factors when it comes to getting range from your VHF antenna so the top of the mast on …
In response to a request stemming from a discussion on social media here’s my article on the differences between IALA A and IALA B buoyage which I wrote some time ago: Here in the UK, and most of the rest of the world, we use the IALA A system: When entering a harbour or heading …
Do you stuff or flake? Your mainsail, I mean. Do you stuff it or flake it or both? If you have in-mast furling this will be a procedure alien to you but for most the task of neatly securing the dowsed mainsail must be mastered. I’ve always found the most efficient way to get the …