Sailing Tuition

For sailing beginners, how to prepare a fully battened mainsail for hoisting.

Beginners guide. First steps in coiling a rope so that it can be stowed neatly and ready for instant use.

Easy to follow explanation of what sailing is about from Sailing Guru Mark and how to take those first steps. Bring me that horizon...

The cockpit winches are there to help us to work the ropes that control the sails. Here's Learn2Sail's guide on how to use them...

Many ways to tie a bowline but this method is a really sweet, quick way to do it. Starts off, a loop in a...

If you intrigued as to what this sailing lark is about and what’s involved to get started, then there’s no better place to visit...

Squalls While particularly common in the tropics and during ocean passages, squalls can happen almost anywhere. For several reasons they can pose a threat to...

Learning those all important knots you’ll need when you go sailing.

So you’re tempted - now where do you start? Well there’s lots of help there but basically you have two options; The hard way. Just jumping...