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The QUARTERDECK Sailing Podcast

Feb 23, 2023

Part 2 of our 'crew overboard' deep dive! Now we get to the more difficult bit - how to get someone back onboard. This is really a two part procedure: How to get the boat back to the person, and then how to get the person back on the boat.

There is of course countless scenarios which alter the exact procedure, but we...


Feb 9, 2023

Andy Schell and Nikki Henderson talks MOB this week! This is the first half of the discussion on the bigger topic of people falling overboard. So before we discuss how to rescue anyone, it seems sensible to first discuss how to stop them from falling in in the first place.

Of course we have not got full control onboard...


Feb 2, 2023

The water system possibly works harder than anything else onboard - every day, every crew member will use it multiple times. And it keeps us alive too! So it's arguably the most important system to understand.

We discuss how to properly maintain your water system (that's piping, tanks, filling hoses, filters, pumps and...