Seamanship & Navigation,Featured
Unicorns and Dragons: Confessions of an Amateur Weather Router
July 3, 2020
Lessons Learned Cruising: Jamie Gifford shares his experience helping east coast cruisers with weather routing On this day, I have two boats galloping north at 10 knots. The sailing is nice, boosted by 3 knots of Gulf Stream…
Racing Technique,Seamanship & Navigation,Featured
Learning to Fly
June 24, 2020
Stories of Going from Sailor to Foiler From the April 2019 48° North issue For many of us, sailing is about constant learning. We learn trim, navigation, systems, storm tactics, provisioning, and, above all, seamanship.…
Seamanship & Navigation,Featured
Q&A: 5 Questions with John and Amanda Neal on their New PNW Exclusive Classes
June 2, 2020
Mahina Expeditions Offering New Ocean Cruising Courses Based Out of Bellingham 48° North readers know may know Amanda Swan Neal best as the author of the well-loved Galley Essentials column, but many will certainly be aware…
Seamanship & Navigation,Featured
Creating a Culture of Safety, A Skipper’s Responsibility
May 19, 2020
Essential safe-boating recommendations established by the Cruising Club of America’s Safety & Seamanship Committee The Cruising Club of America recently published guidance entitled “Creating a Culture of Safety: The…
Instructional,Seamanship & Navigation
#TBT: How to use a LifeSling (Video)
April 16, 2020
For this Throwback Thursday (#TBT) we're tossing it back to an excellent safety video published in 2011... Many boaters likely have a LifeSling on their vessels, but how many actually know how to use them? Do you know what…
Instructional,Seamanship & Navigation,Featured
Upgrade your boat from home: Splice Dyneema soft shackles
March 24, 2020
One of the most productive things you can do for your boat while self isolating and social distancing is to learn something new. Fortunately, YouTube is full of tutorials for the modern sailor to add tricks to their bag of…
Seamanship & Navigation,Featured
Gates of the Inside Passage
March 5, 2020
Tips for Safe and Happy Transits As we motored through Dent Rapids, the VHF radio chirped to life. “When are we going to get to the rapids?” a flotilla participant asked. Having just passed through Yuculta Rapids, Gillard…
Racing,Seamanship & Navigation,Featured
Sonic’s Lessons: Recommendations from Overboard Rescues
March 4, 2020
Scott Smith Shares Overboard Rescue Experiences from TP 52 Sonic
Seamanship & Navigation,Guest Dock
Forecasting and Evaluating Local Weather
February 27, 2020
Starpath Navigation's David Burch takes us through local weather analysis, with a focus on the 2020 Toliva Shoals Race For local weather, meaning inland and near coastal, we need regional models. For the day of the sail the…
Seamanship & Navigation,Featured
The Ins-and-Outs of Using Your Horn Cleats
February 13, 2020
Cleats = Good. Proper Use = Even better! Properly installed horn cleats are some of the most important pieces of gear that we have aboard our boats. And it's also imperative to know how to use them them properly. You'd be…