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The QUARTERDECK Sailing Podcast

Mar 17, 2023

Whisker poles, telescoping poles, spinnaker poles, carbon poles, alluminium poles, fixed height poles, large poles, slim poles, pink poles - OK we are getting a bit carried away - but there really are a lot of different types of poles onboard!

For many sailors, the pole is a mysterious long object that sits on the deck...


Mar 9, 2023

Grab a drink and a handhold, and join Mia Karlsson and Nikki Henderson for a chat on heeling!

Unless you sail a multi-hull, 'life-on-a-heel' is an unavoidable fact of life. Heeling is a love//hate type thing: some think heeling contributes to the 'romance' of sailing; others find being heeled over a gut wrenching and...


Mar 2, 2023

CHAFE - you might be thinking that's a narrow subject area? But when you really dig into it, chafe and chafe avoidance is so critical to life at sea where everything but everything is always moving whether you want it to or not. 

Chafe isn't limited to just running rigging - we also need to avoid chafe on piping,...