Sailing...
Below are our articles on the subject of Sailing. If you can't see what you are looking for our other categories are displayed on the left under 'Our Quick Links'...
Employing a Crew To Do The Sailing
Employing a crew to do all the hard work for you is quite common especially at sea and over long distances where a boat owner may not have quite the level of...
How To Cope With Seasickness
Being ‘seasick’ is simply the ‘on water’ variation of suffering from motion sickness in general which you can experience in cars, on planes, coaches - in fact, you can...
How To Get Your Boat Out Of Shallow Water
The best way to get your boat out of shallow water is not to get into it in the first place if possible. In other words, whether you’re out on the...
How to Navigate Locks
Locks are used to make a river easier to navigate or to allow for a canal to follow a reasonably direct course across country which isn’t level. To the uninitiated,...
Sailing Rig Types
The sailing ‘rig’ consists of all the mechanical apparatus which is attached to the hull in order to assist in the propulsion of the boat. This includes a boat’s...
Sailing Your Boat Abroad
If you decide to sail your boat from the UK to another country, you’ll need to make sure you have all the correct paperwork with you in order to satisfy any foreign...
Upgrading Your Sailing Skills - Types of Courses
No matter what level of experience you have in terms of your sailing ability, once you have decided that you’re going to live on a boat, you may...
What Are 'Bridge Hoppers'?
Bridge hoppers are the bane of the British waterway network, but who are they and why do they provoke such animosity?
Two Official Ways to Live Aboard...
