MANOEUVRING IN THE DOCK, TUTORIAL
July 28, 2016
Leggi l’articolo in italiano How to get out of a narrow side berthing? Which tricks can help doing it safely? How to use gas and engine? Dino Feltrinelli of Nautica Fetrinelli explains it in the
Leggi l’articolo in italiano How to get out of a narrow side berthing? Which tricks can help doing it safely? How to use gas and engine? Dino Feltrinelli of Nautica Fetrinelli explains it in the
Leggi l’articolo in italiano Here you are five good reasons to decide to sleep at anchor: 1) Because we’re on ground all the year. We are always surrounded by cars, traffic, busy and often nervous
Leggi l’articolo in italiano The first two words are unmistakable: May day. Someone is into a life-threatening situation. I go below deck to listen better. The voice of the person who is sending the message out transmits anxiety
Leggi l’articolo in italiano I was sailing near Favignana when I saw a man standing on a rubber boat moving his arms in the attempt to ask for help. I yawed and, in few minutes, I
Leggi l’articolo in italiano Here’s an useful video to understand the real working of lateral foils, a great innovation introduced by racing sailing in the last few years and subject of dispute after the breakages of
Leggi l’articolo in italiano And if our engine dump us at the very moment? We answer the most rhetorical question with the most obvious statement: we’ll steer with sails. The success of the manoeuvre will depend on
Leggi l’articolo in italiano A serious danger for the windlass is the the force applied by the chain on its axis when it is in traction under wind or pitching pressure. Unfortunately, many people are used
A spinnaker takedown on a J-Class is a serious matter, a work where organisation and coordination are compulsory. The video below shows the excellent manouevre made onboard Human with a real twenty-knot wind and a
Leggi l’articolo in italiano Let’s admit it: who can really say to not ever felt a certain curiosity in observing other people’ mooring maneuvers? Maybe sat at a coffee bar in the marina, while sipping a beer
Leggi l’articolo in italiano After clove hitch, bowline, stopper and bitt knot, today it’s the turn of flag knot, also known as weaver knot because it was used by weavers to join two heads of
