Seamanship, safety & equipment

An index of posts, threads and pages related to seamanship, safety, equipment and boats.

Follow the advice at your own risk!

This site:

• A840 Trial by Jury Rig by Chris Butler.
• A24 in an Easterly Gale.
• A24 Sailing Tips by Chris Butler.

External:

• On single handed sailing on the Spearhead Blog.
• Royal Institute of Navigation - Guidance on the use of Electronic Navigation Systems
• World Sailing Special Regulations, a guide to equipment etc.

From the Sancerre blog:

Sailing round GB:

• General tips, planning and index including:
• Charts & Guides for a Round GB trip
• Navigating the Pentland Firth.
• Passage making The Solent to Land's End.
• Passage making along the east coast.
• Passage making along the west coast.
• Anchorages for a round GB trip:
• The Solent to Lands End.
• Lands End north to Anglesey
• The Isles of Scilly and Ireland to Red Bay
• Ireland to Ardnamurchan Point.
• Ardnamurchan Point to Loch Ewe.
• The Western Isles.
• Loch Ewe to Orkney and on to The Solent

Equipment & Seamanship:

• Mainsail Reefing Systems & operation.
• Main Boom Preventers.
• Storm Jibs
• Halyard Diverters - required, at least on the A9m
• How to secure to a visitor Buoy.
• Anchors, Drogues & Emergency Steering. 
• Anchoring in Storm Conditions.
• Self Steering Systems.
• Low level riding (anchor) lights.
• Pyrotechnics or Electronics for Emergency / Distress Signalling? 
• First Aid Kits.
• Rigging Spinnaker Sheets
• Washboards
• Boat electrics
• Rigging Lazy Jacks (A9m & 840).

• Single handed sailing - Sleeping & avoiding exhaustion.

• An overview of Yacht stability metrics.