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(V) Boat Anchoring Secrets - How to Increase Your Anchor's Holding Power!
(V) Boat Anchoring Secrets - How to Increase Your Anchor's Holding Power! Did you know that you can boost an anchor's holding power by 50% with one simple technique? Or that one anchoring method used for centuries can keep your anchor dug in for the night in stormy weather? Watch this short video to learn two little-known alternative anchoring methods you can put into play right away! . . . keep reading
Learn to Sail - Offshore Passage from Connecticut to North Carolina
Learn to Sail - Offshore Passage from Connecticut to North Carolina Have you ever wondered what it would be like to crew on a big, offshore, blue-water cruising boat? To trim her sails, to drive her to windward at 8 knots, or to stand a night watch under a canopy of stars? Here's a short video from my most recent crewing adventure aboard a big cruising sailboat . . . keep reading
(V) Chart Navigation Secrets - How to Use Visual Orientation for Safe Navigation
(V) Chart Navigation Secrets - How to Use Visual Orientation for Safe Navigation You approach the dangerous shoals ahead. The buoys that mark the passage between the ship-killing rocks bob up and down in the swells--impossible to tell which are red and which are green. What now, skipper? Watch this video to learn a safe, simple three-step method you can use anywhere in the world! . . . keep reading
Learn to Sail Like a Pro - How to Rig a Flying Jibe Boom Preventer
Learn to Sail Like a Pro - How to Rig a Flying Jibe Boom Preventer Have you ever been sailing when all of a sudden your Genoa sheet jams onto the sailing winch. You are in the middle of a tack and need to release the sheet. What now, skipper? Watch this video to discover one simple way you can cure this headache . . . keep reading
Learn to Sail Like a Pro - How to Prevent Sheet Winch Overrides
Learn to Sail Like a Pro - How to Prevent Sheet Winch Overrides Have you ever been sailing when all of a sudden your Genoa sheet jams onto the sailing winch. You are in the middle of a tack and need to release the sheet. What now, skipper? Watch this video to discover one simple way you can cure this headache . . . keep reading
Heavy Weather Sailing - How to Turn a Boat in Heavy Seas
Heavy Weather Sailing - How to Turn a Boat in Heavy Seas Are you sure that your small sailboat will rise and fall with the tide in her slip--without hanging up on a piling? Have you put the power of the "X" on your stern lines to help keep the boat centered in the slip. Watch this video now to learn the secrets to keep your boat safe and secure . . . keep reading
How to Dock a Boat Like a Pro - Slip Docking Lines
How to Dock a Boat Like a Pro - Slip Docking Lines Are you sure that your small sailboat will rise and fall with the tide in her slip--without hanging up on a piling? Have you put the power of the "X" on your stern lines to help keep the boat centered in the slip. Watch this video now to learn the secrets to keep your boat safe and secure . . . keep reading
Learn to Sail like a Pro - Coastal Sailing Wind Secrets
Learn to Sail like a Pro - Coastal Sailing Wind Secrets Did you know that a calm cove can be turned into a deadly trap when winds flow against the current? Or that wind speed can increase to gale force when squeezed between land and an island? Watch this video to pump up your sailing skipper-skills above and beyond! . . . keep reading
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