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A TRICK FOR A “SOFT” AND SAFE ANCHORAGE

Today, we want to update an article we published last year with a photo taken underwater where you can clearly see how the system works. We are still using this “trick” with great satisfaction. The

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BOAT TRIM VIDEO TUTORIAL

Leggi l’articolo in italiano What’s a boat trim? What is it for? How to use it to improve our boat’s performances and sail safely? We’ll tell you it always in collaboration with Nautirca Feltrinelli in

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SAILING IN SQUALLS

Leggi l’articolo in italiano Sea surface changes appearance, it becomes darker and, under the sun, a multitude of small ripples start to run. These are the symptoms of a squall. During races, many experts immediately

MANOEUVRING IN THE DOCK, TUTORIAL

Leggi l’articolo in italiano How to get out of a narrow side berthing? Which tricks can help doing it safely? How to use gas and engine? Dino Feltrinelli of Nautica Fetrinelli explains it in the

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5 GOOD REASONS TO SLEEP AT ANCHOR

Leggi l’articolo in italiano Here you are five good reasons to decide to sleep at anchor: 1) Because we’re on ground all the year. We are always surrounded by cars, traffic, busy and often nervous

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MAY DAY, MAY DAY… I RAN OUT OF FUEL

Leggi l’articolo in italiano The first two words are unmistakable: May day. Someone is into a life-threatening situation. I go below deck to listen better. The voice of the person who is sending the message out transmits anxiety

HOW TO TOW AT SEA

Leggi l’articolo in italiano I was sailing near Favignana when I saw a man standing on a rubber boat moving his arms in the attempt to ask for help. I yawed and, in few minutes, I

THE FOILS VIDEO USER MANUAL

Leggi l’articolo in italiano Here’s an useful video to understand the real working of lateral foils, a great innovation introduced by racing sailing in the last few  years and subject of dispute after the breakages of

HOW TO DROP AN ANCHOR WHILE SAILING

Leggi l’articolo in italiano And if our engine dump us at the very moment? We answer the most rhetorical question with the most obvious statement: we’ll steer with sails. The success of the manoeuvre will depend on

WINDLASS, LET’S USE AN EYE

Leggi l’articolo in italiano A serious danger for the windlass is the the force applied by the chain on its axis when it is in traction under wind or pitching pressure. Unfortunately, many people are used

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