Lazy Bag: Choosing and Using the Mainsail Cover
The lazy bag is the fabric pouch fixed along the boom that catches your mainsail as you drop it and protects it at rest, zipping closed over the sail like a fitted cradle. It never works entirely a...
Man Overboard (MOB): The Recovery Manoeuvre
Facing a man overboard, the first three actions are always the same, in order: raise the alarm and keep eyes on the person, throw buoyancy immediately, and bring the boat back to the point with a r...
Boom Vang / Kicker: Trimming the Boom Purchase
The vang, or kicker, is the purchase that links the boom to the base of the mast, and its whole job is to control boom height and therefore the tension in the mainsail leech, especially once the tr...
Protecting Lines from Chafe at Fairleads
A line wears out where it slides against a hard edge under load, so the most reliable way to protect it is to reduce friction at the contact point and lift the line clear of the edge altogether. Fa...
Boom Preventer: How to Rig a Restraining Line
A boom preventer is a restraining line that runs from the end of the boom to a lead point near the bow and back to the cockpit, holding the boom in its eased position so it cannot slam across the b...
How to Read Tides and Currents
Reading tides and currents comes down to interpreting three pieces of information: the time and height of high and low water, the range (the difference between the two) and the direction and speed ...
Summer Sale · August 15 → 31
Summer Sale.
Summer Sale prices across the whole catalogue. Discount already applied, no code to enter. On September 1 everything goes back to list price, automatically.