When to turn back and go home
The signs that say it is time, and why I always head for the beach early.
Latest videos
A new video every Sunday from the harbour: knots, steering, tacking and reading the wind and weather.
Reading the sky before you launch
What a tall cloud, a dark line and a still hour tell me before I go down to the boat.
Reading the wind on the water
Dark patches, flags, smoke and the little ribbons on the sail: how I see where the wind is.
Tacking without stalling
Turning the bow through the wind, with the tiller, the sheet and your weight, step by step.
Steering with the tiller and the sail
How the tiller turns the boat and how the sail drives it, taken one at a time.
Rigging a dinghy on the beach
Raising the mast, bending on the sail and checking each line before you push off.
Tell-Tales
A short letter every Sunday from the harbour: one knot, one look at the weather and one thing to try on the water.