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Tips and Tricks for Your Next Charter
Charter vacations are by far one of the best parts of cruising. Showing up to a boat that you don’t own or have to do maintenance on, sailing through stunningly clear tropical water and strolling...
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Up, Up and Away: Tips for Safely Going Aloft
Climbing a sailboat’s rig is not something that prudent sailors should have to do on a regular basis, especially at sea. But at some point, every self-sufficient cruiser will need to climb their mast...
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Sailing Navigation Secrets: Do You Know Your “Navigational Draft”?
Here is another sailing tip from our friend Capt. John at skippertips.com… Sailing navigation safety in my eyes means the navigator must keep enough water beneath the keel–at all stages of the tide....
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Tap into Secret Sector Lights for Navigation Safety
Here’s another great cruising tip from our friend Capt. John of skippertips.com… Black night–no starlight. You strain through the binoculars to pick up the next light that marks the dangerous reef to...
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Sailing Navigation: Sector Light Secrets You Need to Know – Part II
Here’s Part II of last week’s cruising tip from our friend Capt. John of skippertips.com… Build on the light sector secrets for safe sailing you learned in Part I. Now you will discover how to use...
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Do You Have Enough “Grabbable” Gear Aboard?
Here’s another great cruising tip from our friend Capt. John of skippertips.com… Look over most production sailboats or powerboats today, and you can bet you will see a lack of grab rails. I believe...
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Five “Get ready now” Heavy Weather Sailing Strategies
In heavy weather sailing, sailing tips that save time and effort can be more valuable than gold when the rough stuff arrives aboard. Sure, you have jacklines rigged, crew in personal flotation devices...
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Sailing Navigation Safety: Secret of the “Cocked-Hat” Position
Here’s another great cruising tip from our friend Capt. John of skippertips.com… Combine GPS, visual, or Radar for sailing navigation and you could come up with a triangular position called a “cocked...
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Five Tips for Safer Sail Handling
Captain John from www.skippertips.com shares a few secrets he used on an offshore passage. If you are anything like me, sailing tips that cut the time you spend at the mast or on the foredeck are...
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How to Time a Light for Safer Landfall
Here’s another great cruising tip from our friend Captain John at www.skippertips.com! Imagine that you are underway on a wet, windy night, straining your eyes with a binocular to sight the entrance...
View ArticleHow to Kill a Boat Fire in Less than 30 Seconds
We hope you never have to use these tips, but we know if there’s a time when you’re faced with the need for them, you’ll be glad you’re prepared. Captain John from www.skippertips.com shares his...
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Use the Magic of an “Aim Point” to Dock Your Sailboat
Captain John from www.skippertips.com shares this essential docking tip. Two half-million dollar sport-fishing boats are tied up to a marina pier. And the dockmaster has just enough space to fit your...
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Sailing Navigation Safety: Nautical Chart “Accuracy Indicators”
Here’s another great tip from our friend Captain John of skippertips.com… Turn on your chart plotter or study your nautical chart and you will see objects on land or water. But how accurate are these...
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Seven Steps to Winterize and Protect Your Cruising Sailboat
Here’s another great tip courtesy of skippertips.com… Are you sure that no water has become trapped in the hoses aboard your small cruising boat? Have you gone through a seven-point-checklist to...
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How to Anchor from Your Cockpit
We always love tips on ways to maneuver our boats when we’re missing those extra sets of hands, and Captain John from www.skippertips.com provides us with these helpful pointers on anchoring from the...
View ArticleReducing Dock-Approach Anxiety
Here are some great docking tips from Quantum Cruising Consultant, Jack Klang… Every skipper knows “the feeling” when entering a harbor. It isn’t the anticipation of a restaurant meal ashore, the...
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Seven Money-Saving Sailing Tips and Techniques
Here are some great cost conscious tips from our friend Capt. John of skippertips.com… Follow these seven easy “do-it-now” sailing tips to save yourself time, aggravation, and money on repairs for more...
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Sail With Care Near “Green-Tinted” Coastlines
Here are some great coastal navigation tips from our friend Capt. John of skippertips.com… Imagine sailing toward a landfall–just six miles to go now after two full days at sea. Tonight you’ll be...
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Seven “Pre Start” Inspections for Sailboat Engines
Here are some great engine maintenance tips from our friend Capt. John from skippertips.com… Sailboat engine repairs can cost big dollars and delay your sailing or cruising plans. Here are seven fast,...
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Dropping Temperatures and Rising Risks
It was December, and a newly purchased J/160 needed to be moved from Florida to Rhode Island for a refit. The owner hoped to have his boat ready for the spring, and the yard needed the winter work to...
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