Cruising Guide to the Western Caribbean - Blue Water Sailing
WEBOct 12, 2018 — One of the greatest aspects of this itinerary is that most of this sailing route takes advantage of favorable winds and currents. This is a key difference between this Western Caribbean route via the “Thornless Path” of traveling upwind from the Bahamas to the BVI via Turks and Cacaos, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. That can be a real ...
JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 41DS - Blue Water Sailing
WEBNov 19, 2012 — Under power, the 41DS handles easily and well. With a sail drive powered by the standard 40hp diesel, the prop is well positioned to keep water pressure on the rudder, thus even at slow speeds the boat turns with assurance. Straight ahead, the boat will motor at 6.5 knots at a conservative 2000 rpms, …
BOAT REVIEWS | CATALINA 275 - Blue Water Sailing
WEBJul 20, 2014 — The 275 is 27 feet, six inches overall and has a 26-foot, seven inch waterline. This will translate into a nominal hull speed of seven knots, which is not bad for a boat of this size. But the 275 weighs only 5,000 pounds and 40 percent of that is in the fin keel, so it is both very stiff and the hull is very light for a production boat.
Calculating the True Wind and Why it Matters
WEBMay 9, 2017 — There are several ways to define the wind. For weather work at sea we care only about the true wind. This true wind is the speed and the direction of the wind relative to the fixed earth under the ocean. Tied up at the dock, we feel the true wind. Once we get underway, however, our own motion changes the wind we feel, and then it is called the ...
Cruising the Windward Islands - Blue Water Sailing
WEBAug 10, 2018 — The Windward islands, the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles, was Brenda’s and my destination for the 2017/2018 cruising season. They are a chain of islands running north-south for a distance of approximately 200 miles, south of the Leewards. The main islands of the chain, north to south are Martinique, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent.
Choosing the Right Fabric For Your Sails: Part One
WEBAug 31, 2016 — The real advantage of a laminate, other than the fact that it’s a lot lighter and stronger for the same strength and stretch resistance as Dacron, is that you can use the fabric to build a radial sail, either a bi-radial or a tri-radial sail. This way you can use fabrics of different weights in the same sail.
OvitalMap | Cruising Compass - Blue Water Sailing
WEBJul 29, 2015 — OvitalMap is a cross-platform map browser that supports offline views of Google Map, satellite images and topographic maps, as well as voice navigation. It is an integration of Google map, Google satellite images, topographic maps, global maps offline download, global voice navigation, friend location sharing, record tracks, real-time traffic ...
Pocket Cruisers That Sail Far - Blue Water Sailing
WEBMar 12, 2019 — Today’s pocket cruisers make the best use of fiberglass technology and offer much beamier and voluminous hull shapes with longer and thus faster waterlines. Boats like the Hanse 315, Beneteau 31, Jeanneau 349 or the Catalina 315 have the space inside of 40 footers from the old days. And the modern designs sail so much better, too.
Adding Reef Points | Cruising Compass - Blue Water Sailing
WEBFeb 15, 2017 — 5,130 (volume of theoretical rectangle) = 114 (length of foot) x Y (height) Y = 5,130 / 114. Y = 45” = 3’9”. MARK THE SAIL. First, you need to find a space large enough to lay out your sail, at least from the foot to the reef points. My dining room floor sufficed. Using disappearing ink, I marked off the spaces for the reef clew ring and ...
Antares 44i | Cruising Compass - Blue Water Sailing
WEBJun 1, 2016 — BWS THOUGHTS. The Antares 44i is a unique cruising catamaran. The boat has a distinctive, shippy look that makes it unmistakable in any anchorage. The underlying concepts in the design and the attention to detail in both the build and equipping phases of the boat’s creation are incredibly sound.
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