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    The 10 modern and updated golden rules for line handling

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    5 expert tips to improve your tacking

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    Double handed sailing skills: handling symmetric spinnakers

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    • August 1, 2023

    Gybing any boat in strong wind can be loaded with jeopardy but it’s particularly risky…

    Double handed sailing skills: gybing symmetric spinnakers

    • July 13, 2023

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    Double handed sailing skills: Tacking

    • May 11, 2023

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    Double handed sailing skills: Furling sails

    • April 13, 2023

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    Double handed sailing skills: Spinnaker drops

    • March 9, 2023

    Taking a spinnaker down without the aid of the snuffer or furler is when double…

    Double handed sailing skills: The outside gybe

    • February 9, 2023

    Outside gybing an asymmetric spinnaker is an under-utilised technique by the average sailor – either…

    Double handed sailing skills: Inside gybes

    • January 12, 2023

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    Double handed sailing skills: Spinnaker hoists

    • December 7, 2022

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    Light wind sailing skills with Pip Hare

    • October 25, 2022

    Keeping a boat moving in light airs can be more challenging than dealing with big…

    Second-hand boats: Buying a shorthanded racing yacht

    • May 20, 2022

    The rapidly growing double-handed and shorthanded racing scene has attracted a flurry of recently launched…

    Catamaran sailing: expert multihull techniques

    • February 18, 2022

    There has been a huge surge in the sales of performance multihulls and with them…

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