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Lighting: How to defend ourselves and our boat

How to defend the boat from lighting during a sea storm. A storm is a democratic phenomenon. It can hit anywhere and anybody, even the most careful ones, especially in hot summer days, when cumulonimbus clouds

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Voyage to Arimar. How life rafts are built.

Last May, on the docks of the Marina di Varazze, we took you inside an Arimar life raft for a 20-hour test where we analyzed the functioning of this security device and discovered the many

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Maritime safety and DIY equipment

I was walking along the hiking trail overlooking the Cantore refuge, almost at the top of the Tofane mountains, when I was stopped: first by a Carabiniere, then by a man of Guardia di Finanza

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When a line gets twisted around the propeller

Line in the propeller If you have chosen August for your boat holidays, get ready to accept all the problems congestion at ports and berths involves. One among the main dangers you might run into

anchor on board

And you, how are you fixed for anchors?

The well-thought-out choice of the right anchor Grumbling had been already rife among the crew members for some days but, that time, it looked like the beginning of a real mutiny. I did not want

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How to prepare your boat for cruising

Summer is coming, temperature gets warmer, our desire to set sail grows. It has happened to all of us, maybe at the beginning of our globetrotter career, to ask ourselves some questions or seek advice

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The pros of the ketch rig

Gennaro Coretti and the ketch rig John Goode is a sailing instructor who lives and works in Southampton. He is a member of the Royal Institute of Navigation and a RYA examiner. This sacred monster of

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