News Archive

Navigation and Seamanship By Sail World, 6:48 PM Tue 6 Dec 2005
Navigation and seamanship courses are usually conducted ashore and are included in the AYF sailing curriculum taught by sailing schools., some TAFE Colleges and the Coastguard conduct courses too. ...[more]

Sail Training By Sail World, 5:20 PM Tue 6 Dec 2005
Australian sailing schools offer courses devised to cover all aspects of sailing. Courses are graded to the individual’s standard, and include boat handling, navigation and seamanship. ...[more]

Right of Way and Who's Bigger By Sail World, 9:44 PM Fri 25 Nov 2005
The Simple Right of Way Rules...Are we on a collision course?... Meeting container ships at sea... Blackwattle anecdote... the container ship’s Captain point of view... ...[more]

Lightning strikes By Sail World, 9:34 PM Fri 25 Nov 2005
Once you are at sea, there's no use worrying about protection for the boat, and in any case, there's too much disagreement about the issues to know whose right. ...[more]

Watch keeping By Sail World, 9:28 PM Fri 25 Nov 2005
There are as many different ideas as there are cruising boats on this subject. The issues are: ...[more]

Sailing - anchoring By Sail World, 9:50 PM Thu 24 Nov 2005
From Wendy, Jervis Bay: The time to find out if your anchor is going to drag ...[more]

Sailing - wind direction By Sail World, 9:46 PM Thu 24 Nov 2005
From anonymous, Australia: In the southern hemisphere, stand with the back to the wind, and the low pressure is on your right hand side. ...[more]

Water - Saving of By Sail World, 9:44 PM Thu 24 Nov 2005
From Claudine, Sydney: I just have to tell you about this. We have just bought a new (to us) boat, and it had a salt-water tap in the galley. ...[more]

Sailing - Equipment - Main Hanks By Sail World, 9:41 PM Thu 24 Nov 2005
From Frank, Wynnum: I don’t know whether this is common knowledge or not, but a passing long range German sailor who came aboard our boat for a drink one day told me to remove all the slides..... ...[more]

Maintenance - Heads By Sail World, 9:38 PM Thu 24 Nov 2005
From Gerry, Mooloolaba: Did you know that pump out heads like salad dressing? ...[more]

Maintenance,Painting and Varnishing,non-slip areas By Sail World, 9:34 PM Thu 24 Nov 2005
From Nicola, Sydney: Forget using that hard ‘grit’ to make painted or varnished surfaces into non-slip areas.... ...[more]

Maintenance - cleaning, topsides at the waterline By Sail World, 9:27 PM Thu 24 Nov 2005
From Brett, Sydney Cleaning topsides at the water line has always been a question of hanging a line over the edge of the boat to cling onto while scrubbing. ...[more]

Pests - Cockroaches By Sail World, 9:23 PM Thu 24 Nov 2005
From Jenny, Airlie Beach: We could never work out why we were still getting cockroaches on board, no matter how careful we were not to bring cardboard boxes on board. ...[more]

Sailing – Shallow water: By Sail World, 9:15 PM Thu 24 Nov 2005
From Terry, Byron Bay: When sailing in a sandy channel where the depths are uncertain and likely to be too shallow, never sail in the middle. Why? ...[more]

Storage – cryovacing or vacuum sealing By ., 5:16 PM Thu 24 Nov 2005
From Mark of Victoria: My wife has always found cryovacing or vacuum sealing a great way to store meat when we’re going away for a longish voyage. However, I have now found that cryovacing vital spare parts... ...[more]

Anchoring, Bow to Cockpit Radios By Cruising Editor, 5:04 PM Thu 24 Nov 2005
Tip from 'Going North': Hey Guys, get some cockpit-to-bow two-way radios. My partner and have been using these for six months now, and they have taken all the agro out of anchoring. ...[more]

Provisioning By Sail World, 2:49 AM Wed 23 Nov 2005
Careful provisioning is an important part of the preparation for any trip. Running out of food isn’t much fun, and forgetting the coffee can really spoil the tempers on board, no matter how wonderful the cruising. ...[more]

Satellite Communications By Sail World, 3:09 AM Wed 23 Nov 2005
Having a satellite telephone on board, once a rare luxury among sailing boats, is fast becoming an important safety device, particularly for boats that go to sea for more than a couple of nights. ...[more]

Radio Email By Sail World, 3:05 AM Wed 23 Nov 2005
Radio Email has swept the world in the last few years, and most cruising sailors have one or both of the two systems, Sailmail, or Winlink. ...[more]

Radio Communications By Sail World, 2:59 AM Wed 23 Nov 2005
HF, VHF and licences ...[more]

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