HOME     ABOUT US     SEARCH     JOIN TODAY     MEMBERS Home | Sample Articles   FREE Sample Sailing Articles! Learn to Sail in Heavy Weather - Seven Sailing Tips! Learn to sail in heavy weather with more control when you reduce heeling and weather helm. Did you realize you can do this--even if you haven't had time to reef your mainsail? Follow these seven sailing tips . . . keep reading Are You Sailing with "Weak Links" in Your Sailing Rigging? With the sailing wind howling and the seas building--and hundreds of miles offshore--we had a serious problem aboard. A critical rigging pin had backed out--with just an eighth of an inch of thread left to hold the fitting in place. We needed a solution now! . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Like the Pro - Use the Magic of a Mainsail Wind Shadow! Do you use a mainsail wind shadow to protect your crew when they have to work on a heeling, pitching, wet foredeck? Follow these five sailing tips for one of sailings' best kept secrets . . . keep reading Docking a Boat Secrets - Ten Tips to Storm Proof Your Sailboat Would your small cruising or racing sailboat be able to weather a gale, storm, or hurricane in her slip, at a mooring, or at anchor? Will you have peace-of-mind the next time Mother Nature decides to unleash her fury in your area? Follow this handy ten-step checklist to make sure you do! . . . keep reading Ten Top Sailing Tips for Safer Sailing Worldwide! Members from around the world have sent in their favorite sailing tips, proven time and again to enhance sailing safety for day sailing, racing, or cruising. Use these top ten tips . . . keep reading How to Sail to Windward with Blazing Speed! If you are anything like me, it can be confusing to try to remember just what your Genoa luff telltales are telling you. Discover a unique way you can learn to sail . . . keep reading Five Sailing Wind Secrets for Speed and Power! Did you know that sailing wind thermals can form over water to help cruising sailboats make faster passages? Or that winds blowing on or offshore can form swirling, high octane eddies? Use these five secrets to give you faster, safer coastal sailing passages... . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Like a Pro - Stop on a Dime Without an Engine! November 21, 2011 ~ One of the common questions from new sailors when they learn to sail goes something like this "How do you stop the sailboat?" This one ability will place you in the top tier of sailing skippers that understand how to stop on a dime-without using an engine! . . . keep reading Are Your Sailboat Blocks Chafing Your Expensive Marine Rope? November 15, 2011 ~ Are you sure that your sailboat blocks and marine rope are matched right? Have you checked your mainsheet, boom vang, or traveler block lines for wear and chafe? Use this easy guide to save $$$s . . . keep reading Five Sailing Tips to Stop Your Boat Under Sail! November 8, 2011 ~ Do you often hesitate to enter an anchorage or pick up a mooring--under sail alone? Follow these five simple sailing tips to boost your sailing skills to the next level! . . . keep reading Five Marine Flare Steps Every Sailing Skipper Needs to Know! November 7, 2011 ~ Are you sure you know how to use each type of marine flare aboard your small cruising boat? Do you know the five steps to fire a flare gun, flare launcher, flare smoke, or flare parachute? Read on to learn how to use distress flares when lives hang in the balance! . . . keep reading Sailing Knot Secrets - Tie the Cleat Hitch the Right Way! November 1, 2011 ~ Of all sailing knots, the cleat hitch gets tied the wrong way most often. And that can put your crew in harm's way in the blink of an eye! Learn the secrets the pros use . . . keep reading Sailing Tips Secrets - How to Steer with Pinpoint Accuracy October 31, 2011 ~ Rough weather sailing can mean a tough time at the wheel or tiller. How can you make this task easier, safer, and more accurate? Discover three little-known sailing techniques . . . keep reading How to Tie a Sailing Knot that's Stronger than a Bowline! October 25, 2011 ~ Did you realize that anytime you tie a sailing knot into a piece of line, the line loses strength? But there's one little-known sailing knot you can learn to tie that's strong, easy to tie, and causes less loss of strength than most other knots. . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Like the Pro - How to Use the Magic of a Mainsail Wind Shadow! Oct 18, 2011 ~ Do you use a mainsail wind shadow to protect your crew when they have to work on a heeling, pitching, wet foredeck? Follow these five sailing tips for one of sailings' best kept secrets . . . keep reading These Seven Sail Care Tips will Save You Money! Oct 11, 2011 ~ What's the most deadly "sail killer" on earth? Arm yourself with these seven simple sailing tips to protect your costly mainsail, Genoa, or spinnaker--at all costs! . . . keep reading Docking a Boat Secrets - Master the Art of Docking Line Lingo Oct 6, 2011 ~ Did you know that line handling confusion can drop the success rate of your docking maneuver by a whopping fifty percent? Learn to dock a boat like a pro with this fast . . . keep reading Sailing Navigation - Depth Chart Symbols Every Skipper Needs to Know Oct 4, 2011 ~ Did you know that you can use depth curves for safer sailing navigation worldwide? Discover five little-known techniques . . . keep reading Ten Top Sailing Skills Your Sailing Partner Needs to Know Right Now! Have you put together a checklist to train your spouse or partner on how to operate your small cruising boat? If you are incapacitated, they'll need to know these ten top sailing skills . . . keep reading Sailing Navigation Secrets - Use "Back Bearings" to Avoid Grounding! Sep 29, 2011 ~ Have you ever sailed down a narrow channel in a cross wind or current? Suddenly, your depth sounder drops like a rock . . . keep reading Seven Steps to Winterize and Protect Your Cruising Sailboat! Sep 27, 2011 ~ Did you know that a world famous beverage can keep the water lines on your small cruising sailboat from freezing? Add these seven vital sailing tips to protect your expensive . . . keep reading Ten Top Sailing Tips for Safer Sailing Worldwide! Members from around the world have sent in their favorite sailing tips, proven time and again to enhance sailing safety for day sailing, racing, or cruising. Use these top ten tips . . . keep reading Five Boat Anchoring Safety Secrets for Crowded Anchorages Sep 15, 2011 ~ It's late afternoon as you approach the boat anchoring spot you've picked for the night. How can you know if you will swing clear of other boats anchored nearby if the wind shifts? . . . keep reading Marine Weather Secrets - Five Sailing Weather Tips for Sailors! Sep 8, 2011 ~ Would you believe that the moon can shine through ice crystals high above the earth's surface to warn you of rain tomorrow? Or that bolts of lightning sighted to the northwest will be on top of you in a matter of minutes! Use these sailing tips to make your own forecast! . . . keep reading Sailing Navigation Secrets - How to Master the Magic of Ranges Sep 1, 2011 ~ Did you know that you can use a navigation range to locate your exact position along any compass course? And you can do this without plotting anything onto your nautical chart. Here are five secrets you will want to add to your navigation skills today! . . . keep reading Five Little-Known Ways to Use Your Sailing Running Rigging! Aug 25, 2011 ~ Did you know that you can put your boom topping lift to work in two different ways? And do the same thing with a sailing winch? Here are five little-known ways to save you time and effort with your running rigging . . . keep reading Docking a Boat Secrets - Ten Tips to Storm Proof Your Sailboat Aug 23, 2011 ~ Would your small cruising or racing sailboat be able to weather a gale, storm, or hurricane in her slip, at a mooring, or at anchor? Follow this handy ten-step checklist to make sure you do! . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Like a Pro - Pump up Your Performance with Sailing's Secret Weapon! Are you losing power and speed on reaches from an "out of shape" mainsail? Have you noticed an increase in weather helm when you fall off to a reach? Discover how sailing's best kept secret can give you powerful performance for cruising or racing... . . . keep reading Sailing Navigation Secrets - Chart Symbols Every Sailing Skipper Needs to Know! If you need to choose an anchorage, land a dinghy onto a beach, or make a passage through a coral reef or chain of islands, you will need a keen sense as to what these secret chart symbols tell you... . . . keep reading Sailing Safety Secrets - Ten Tips for Sailing in Low Visibility Few things cause sailors as much apprehension as low visibility. Pea-soup fog, hazy horizons, pouring rain, blinding squalls, or tough gale conditions can stress the saltiest of sailors. Follow these ten top tips for sailing safety. . . . keep reading Cruising Under Sail starts with a Four Factor "Skipper-Sketch" Are you planning a short cruise in the near future? Do you know how the sailing wind will affect you on each leg along your sailing routes? Make this simple sketch in just a few seconds... . . . keep reading Sailing Safety - The Most Important Tool Aboard Your Boat and How to Rig It! What's absolutely, positively the single most important sailing safety tool in existence? Hint--it requires no batteries and no monthly plan to work anywhere on earth. And it could save your life! . . . keep reading Use the Magic of the Wandering Sailing Course for Easier Steering If you are anything like me, steering a compass course while sailboat cruising can be a daunting task in a seaway. These five steps will show you how to make steering easier and more accurate... . . . keep reading How to Master the Art of Handling Your Cruising Sailboat Dinghy! How many times have you found your boat dinghy tough to control in a strong wind or current? Do you know the three approach choices you can make for a perfect landing every time? Follow these easy steps to master the art of dinghy-handling in any weather! . . . keep reading Three Sailing Knots Tips for Sailing Safety! Use the wrong knot when you go sailing and it could slip or untie itself. That could turn your sailing experience into a nightmare instead of a joy. These three super efficient, little-known sailing knot secrets are just what you need for sailing safety! . . . keep reading Marine Knots Secrets - How to Make a Whipping in 60 Seconds! With prices of marine rope soaring, you will want to protect the bitter end of all of your lines. Did you know that burned or melted ends could cause more problems? Boost your marine knots knowledge with this fast, easy whipping that you can make in less than 60 seconds! . . . keep reading These Galley Propane Safety Tips Could Save Your Life! Do you make propane safety the #1 priority for your crew when cooking in the galley? Do all hands know the correct procedures to . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Like a Pro - Light Air Downwind Sailing Secrets Have you experienced the frustration of trying to sail downwind in light, variable, and shifty winds? Learn to sail a boat better than ever before with these three secret techniques to make downwind sailing easier, faster, and more fun! . . . keep reading Five Tips to Save You Money on Your Costly Sailing Running Rigging! If you want to learn to sail like a pro, you need to know how to keep your sailing rope in prime "fighting" shape. Here are five secret ways that you can save big money in replacement costs . . . keep reading Are You Sailing with "Weak Links" in Your Sailing Rigging? Sep 19, 2011 ~ With the wind howling and the seas building--and hundreds of miles offshore--we had a serious problem aboard. A critical rigging pin had backed out--with just an eighth of an inch left . . . keep reading Master Sailmaker Reveals Five Secrets to Save You Money on Your Costly Sails! Did you know that you should fold a high clewed headsail different than one with a lower clew? Or that a colored nylon spinnaker stored wet can bleed its colors into the sail? Use these five top tips to save money and pump new life into your costly cruising or racing sails . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Like a Pro - How to Boost Your Sailing Winch Power Did you know that in just 15 knots of wind, a large 150% Genoa can exert over 750 pounds of pressure? Or that without the correct number of wraps around a winch, you will lose pulling and hauling power . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Like a Pro - Seven Standing Rigging Presail Checks If you want to learn to sail like a pro, it all starts at the dock--before you get underway! Just like a pilot, you need to develop a checklist and use it every time. Put these seven standing rigging checks near the top of your sailing checklist today! . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Like a Pro - Sail to an Upwind Destination Fast! It's near sunset and your destination lies 4 miles ahead to the north with the wind out of the northwest. Looks like a long hard beat to make the anchorage. But will you make it before sunset? These three steps will show you how to sail a boat better and faster to windward than ever before! . . . keep reading Sailing Safety - How to Kill a Boat Fire in Less Than 30 Seconds! Do you have dry chemical fire extinguishers aboard? Are you prepared to replace your expensive electronics if you use one of these types of extinguishers? Learn these three alternative sailing tips from the secret files of marine firefighters . . . keep reading Learn to Sail in Heavy Weather - Secrets to Depower Your Sailboat Have you ever been caught in heavy sailing weather without having reefed your sails? Learn to sail when the going gets tough with these five super heavy weather sailing secrets from the pros . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Like a Pro - Five Secret Running Rigging Tips Did you know that you can put your boom topping lift to work in two different ways? And do the same thing with a sailing winch? Learn to sail better than ever before with these five secret running rigging tips that will save you lots of time and effort! . . . keep reading Sailing Skipper's Seasickness Prevention and Treatment Guide No other illness seems to cause so much misery as fast as seasickness. Even in the high tech world of today, it remains one of the most mysterious maladies on earth. But one circumnavigator has found methods that work almost to perfection! Could this be the end to a problem that has plagued sailors for centuries? . . . keep reading HOME | Contact Captain John | Help | My 100% Guarantee | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use © 2012 SkipperTips.com All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without permission prohibited.