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Sailing and Sailboat Cruising Articles

These articles show you how to trim and shape your sails for speed and performance. Learn how to save big $$$s on sail repairs, extend the life of any sail, and how to use your sails for short or long distance cruising.

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Sailing Tips - Seven Money Saving Sail Care Secrets!
Sailing Tips - Seven Money Saving Sail Care Secrets! December 20, 2011 ~ Have you inspected your mainsail and Genoa for chafe, wear, or damage? Make this your number one priority--before you put your sails away for the season. Follow these seven secret money-saving, life-extending sailing tips from the world's best sailmakers . . . keep reading
Sailboat Cruising Secrets - Make Sail Handling Fast and Easy!
Sailboat Cruising Secrets - Make Sail Handling Fast and Easy! December 13, 2011 ~ If you're anything like me, raising and lowering sails while sailboat cruising can be a daunting task. But you can cut your efforts by 50% or more when you use the wind to your advantage. Follow these five tips for fast and easy sail handling! . . . keep reading
How to Sail to Windward with Blazing Speed!
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
How to Make Your Sailing Harness Heavy Weather Ready!
How to Make Your Sailing Harness Heavy Weather Ready! December 5, 2011 ~ Did you know that your sailing harness might not have the safety features needed to keep you on board and injury free? Better go through these ten sailing tips to make sure this offshore gear is up to the task! . . . keep reading
Master Sailmaker Reveals Five Secrets to Save You Money on Your Costly Sails!
Master Sailmaker Reveals Five Secrets to Save You Money on Your Costly Sails! November 22, 2011 ~ 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 - Stop on a Dime Without an Engine!
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
Learn to Sail Like a Pro - Cure Weather Helm with These Secrets!
Learn to Sail Like a Pro - Cure Weather Helm with These Secrets! November 16, 2011 ~ It's a blustery sailing day with whitecaps to windward and misty spray over the bow. Exhilarating? You bet! But how does the wheel or tiller feel? Does your sailboat want to round up toward the wind like a weather-vane on a barn roof? Cure this headache in a heartbeat with these three sail trim secrets. . . . keep reading
Learn to Sail Like a Pro - Are You Sailing Too Slow to Windward?
Learn to Sail Like a Pro - Are You Sailing Too Slow to Windward? November 9, 2011 ~ Are you losing speed when you sail upwind? What sail trim techniques can increase your speed of advance to a windward goal? Discover these secrets from . . . keep reading
Five Sailing Tips to Stop Your Boat Under Sail!
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!
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
Five "Save Time" Sailing Tips for Sailing Skippers
Five "Save Time" Sailing Tips for Sailing Skippers November 2, 2011 ~ Do you know how to "shrink wrap" a sail bag to reduce its size by up to 50%? Or how a common pencil can help slash mainsail reefing time? Follow these five sailing tips . . . keep reading
Sailing Tips Secrets - How to Steer with Pinpoint Accuracy
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 Sail Like a Pro - Three Sailing Tips to Control Downwind Yawing
How to Sail Like a Pro - Three Sailing Tips to Control Downwind Yawing October 28, 2011 ~ Have you experienced the aggravation of slewing from side to side when sailing downwind? Do you know the causes and cures to this sailing skipper malady? Control yawing with this step by step guide . . . keep reading
Learn to Sail Like the Pro - How to Use the Magic of a Mainsail Wind Shadow!
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
Heavy Weather Sailing - Push, Pop, and Pinch to Keep Control
Heavy Weather Sailing - Push, Pop, and Pinch to Keep Control Oct 12, 2011 ~ We've all experienced the thrill of sailboat cruising in gusty breezes. But sometimes, we wait too long to reef and get caught out in heavy weather sailing! Now what, skipper? . . . keep reading
These Seven Sail Care Tips will Save You Money!
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
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