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
How you can go about finding a crew you can employ to sail your boat for you. The importance of getting reliable references and explaining the specifics of both the…...
How To Cope With Seasickness
What seasickness is, how it affects you and how there are a number of over the counter and prescriptive medications available to help prevent or at least reduce the…...
How To Get Your Boat Out Of Shallow Water
How to avoid getting into shallow water on your boat in the first place where possible and what you should do if you’re in danger of going aground....
How to Navigate Locks
The main basic principles of navigating locks on rivers and canals and how it becomes a fairly basic procedure to understand once you’ve been through them a few times.…...
Sailing Rig Types
The basics of what a sailing rig consists of and some of the more popular choices of rig for those who intend living on a boat and cruising around from place to place.…...
Sailing Your Boat Abroad
How it’s not only important for all of the people on board to be carrying their own correct personal documentation if you intend to sail into a foreign port but how…...
Upgrading Your Sailing Skills - Types of Courses
How you can go about upgrading your sailing skills and the types of courses that are available from the very basic to the advanced including skippering courses. How…...
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?...