Sailing Tuition

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

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...

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

Bow first or stern first onto the berth, what are the pros and cons? So we are talking about your average cruising yacht, being a...

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...

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

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...

The technique to getting the first line ashore safely. The lasso.

Wind in this case is light and on the port bow, so gently holding her off the dock Tidal stream is negligible. Here we see skipper...