The best way to pass boats when rounding a leeward mark to port is to do a Mexican takedown. The Mexican allows you to carry the spinnaker right into the rounding while also preventing the sail from falling into the…
Winch cleaning is a perfect social distancing activity…crew members always scatter when this dirty but necessary chore needs to be done, so you’re bound to be doing it alone! All kidding aside, this preventative maintenance work needs to get done,…
View fullsize We are Darren and Amanda on Sailing Panda. We’re a couple of new liveaboard sailors who saved our pennies and left a comfortable life on land to explore this great world by sea. It wasn’t easy making that…
L30 One-Designs racing off Monaco.
For the last two decades, UK Sailmakers has been on the forefront of teaching the Racing Rules of Sailing. Unfortunately, our popular animated rules quiz program was discontinued last year after the software we used for it is no longer…