Hoisting the tender aboard with a tackle
Lifting the tender or the outboard aboard without straining your back is a job for a block-and-tackle: a set of blocks that multiplies the force you apply to the line so a load that would be imposs...
Leading lines aft: control from the cockpit
Leading lines aft means routing halyards, reefing lines and sail controls back to the cockpit so you can hoist, reef and trim without ever leaving the helm. The system is a tidy chain of turning po...
Jacklines are the load-bearing lines that run bow to stern along your deck so you can clip your safety harness to them with a tether and move around the boat without ever unclipping. Rigging them p...
Alongside mooring: the step-by-step manoeuvre
Mooring alongside a dock is the simplest of all berthing manoeuvres, but it rewards a tidy, deliberate setup: lines ready, fenders in the right place and a slow, controlled approach. In short, you ...
Soft Shackle vs Metal Shackle: When It Pays Off
The short answer: a soft shackle pays off wherever you want light weight, no risk of damaging deck and sails, and quick release by hand, while a metal shackle stays preferable where you need a prec...
Lazy Bag: Choosing and Using the Mainsail Cover
The lazy bag is the fabric pouch fixed along the boom that catches your mainsail as you drop it and protects it at rest, zipping closed over the sail like a fitted cradle. It never works entirely a...
Summer Sale · August 15 → 31
Summer Sale.
Summer Sale prices across the whole catalogue. Discount already applied, no code to enter. On September 1 everything goes back to list price, automatically.