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Category Archives: EQUIPMENT
Is This the Way Sailing is Going? Moth vs Kite
Sailing Anarchy triggered interest in an upwind/downwind sail-off between three kiteboards, a Moth and a 49er by asking people to vote on who would win. The event was staged in order to promote kitesailing and demonstrate that it had come … Continue reading
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Boat Name Clothing – sailing gifts to show your allegiance
About 40 years ago, I was part of the crew of an S&S34 called Carnival during her first Cowes Week. It was her owner’s first foray into campaigning a ‘boat with a lid’. He used to sail a Flying Fifteen … Continue reading
Cold Water Boot Camp
In about 1970 I read about a study by the Royal Navy (without ever seeing the original, so I may have been misinformed) which concluded that people who fell overboard in the English Channel died of hypothermia, not drowning. It … Continue reading
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Teamsurv – community-sourcing comes to the boating world
New technologies often lead to developments that weren’t foreseen in their early days. One that is becoming more and more common with the growth of the Internet and mobile phone networks is ‘community-sourcing’, where groups with a common interest pool … Continue reading
Product Review – EasyRigging synthetic fibre rigging
When a person like Nigel Calder writes an article for Ocean Navigator Online titled Fiber Rigging Comes of Age , it’s time for ocean cruising yachtsmen to take note. Synthetic fibre rigging is no longer just for racing boats and … Continue reading