Gioacchino Ferrari

ice yachts

Ice Yachts : how quality boats are built

Carbon fibre has played a key role in the technical evolution that yachting has undergone in recent years. This is well known by Ice Yachts, the Italian boatyard that has exploited carbon fibre as a

sailboat

The emotions of the first sailing course

Sailing, the emotions of the first course Luffing, bearing away, easing, hauling. Jib, boom, mainsail, close-hauled and abeam. For two hours my instructor keeps filling my head with what he calls ‘concepts’, while I think

bowline knot

How to tie a Bowline Knot

The bowline knot is certainly the most widely used knot aboard all boats, it has two fundamental characteristics: it develops a very reliable loop and, most importantly, it unravels easily, even after being subjected to

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