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"No plan survives first contact with the enemy"

When I last lost a mast I set up my two spinnaker poles as an A- frame and other than that it was the same as Pips. Set a storm jib on...

Well we could start by watching Pip Hare explain how she rigged hers :)

Seems to me for us sailors, pre planning for 100 things means you may well discover thing 101. Or 102.....

Just a bit 'Justin Thyme'.... Seems to me that would prevent the 'Precis Prior Planning' preventing piss-poor performance that the...

'Nessa to read old Shipping Forecast for centenary' Gavin and Stacey's Nessa to read old Shipping Forecast Maybe we could get our very...

Now that Pip Hare has limped into Melbourne 'under her own steam' with a jury rig of sorts lashed up from a carbon outrigger pole...

Is YOUR boat a Gömböc...? ( '.....a three-dimensional shape with two equilibrium points on a horizontal surface: one stable and one...

I learnt a lot about stability from commercial coding loads of yachts. There is an awful lot to it that designers and surveyors have to...

It's good that some are (re)-considering their 'defence plan', in light of this fatal tragedy. That's the point....

It kills..... and it's in the news again. Lengthy Telegraph article There's been lots of speculation, and there will be more, about...

Which boaty jobs would you tackle yourself - and which would have you reaching for a pro ( if you could find one)

I s'pose we're the old dogs, but I'm finding there really is nothing new under the sun - leastwise, when it comes to boats. Have a look...

Re-read #11....

As with all anchors the aim is to dig into the substrate and not just weight. When I laid my own mooring I used a substantial stud link...