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,...