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Anchoring, mooring, sail handling and boat sense.

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Docking a sailboat: wind, momentum and prop walk

The physics that decide every docking: momentum and steerage, windage, the pivot point, prop wash and prop walk — then planned approaches for wind on, wind off and crosswind, leaving with a spring, and when to bail out and go around.

12 min read

Seamanship

Anchoring for beginners: scope, setting and swinging

How to choose an anchorage, work out scope from depth, tide and bow height (and why the official ratios differ), set the anchor and prove it is holding, and think in swinging circles — with worked examples.

11 min read

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