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4 steps to fast upwind sailing

Good upwind sailing technique is an essential skill in yacht racing – and even cruising sailors will want to work to windward as efficiently as...

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Captain Bligh or Captain Pugwash? The 7 secrets of keeping a happy crew.

If you crew isn’t happy, then your boat won’t be either. Tom Cunliffe shares his tips on making cruising fun for all.

Teaching sailing? 4 games to make the sessions fun

Instructors. Are you looking to add some fun and variety to your sailing training? Perk up sailing lessions with these informal ways of...

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Teaching sailing? 8 tips for a successful first sail

Whether you are teaching a friend or family member to sail, or teaching sailing to a group of beginners, teaching sailing can be extremely rewarding....

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Sailing with your partner –7 tips for harmony afloat

Sailing with your spouse can often turn into a battle of the sexes, but if you both play to your strengths and lay down and few simple rules and well...

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Essential Boat Radar Sampler

"Does anyone know how the radar works?"  

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The one knot all wine lovers need to know.

Hang your bottle of muscadet over the transom with confidence -and learn other essential skills -with this sampler from the book Knots and...

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Five Handy Tips from Tom Cunliffe to Help Prepare Your Boat

The days are getting longer and the first daffodils are emerging – it won’t be long before the sailing season is upon us.   Here are...

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Surfer rides record breaking 78 ft wave

Try watching this video *without* dropping your mouth in awe. Garrett McNamara, 44 yrs old from Hawaii has broken the world record for surfing this...

East Coast Cruising Companion 2012 Updates

One for all you muddy East Coast sailors. 2012 Updates to Jan Harber's classic guide to cruising the East Coast

Miami Olympic Classes regatta

Lijia Xu has just returned from her second World Cup victory in Miami in the Laser Radial class (to add to her win at the first event in Melbourne)...

ISAF World Sailing Championships Perth

Well I have just returned from coaching at the ISAF World Sailing Championships at Perth, Australia, and it was certainly an interesting regatta and...

Fairytale of New Yacht

Are you celebrating your first Christmas on a yacht?  You can still do the important meals on a yacht - Sail Away author Nicola Rodriguez...

Another Fishy Tale from Paul Knight

A chapter in Amazing Fishing Stories has just had an amusing update worthy of inclusion in the original book...

Sail Melbourne

They say that you can experience all four seasons in one day in Melbourne and that was certainly true. In the space of a couple of days we had flash...

A word from the Editor

I’ve been lucky enough to read some fabulous sailing books in my time but the books I return to again and again are the the exploits of...