So far we learned about which courses in relation to the wind exist, how we find them and how we trim the sails for it. We know how to head up and to bear away.…

In the last chapter I explained tacking to you. When tacking the bow of the boat moves through the wind. Now we can reach destinations on the other side of the wind rose if we…

In the last chapter we learned how to reach an upwind destination. By beating. The goal is then … ? Right, windward’s of the boat. But how do we reach a destination that is leeward…

In the last chapter we learned about the so called Quick-turn. But how do we stop a sailboat if we reached a destination even by Quick-turn, by beating or by sailing any other course. On…

In the last two chapters we talked about the Quick-turn and how to sail up head into the wind. That was the preparation for the following manoeuvre: Man overboard Of course we hope that it…

By jibing (or as you say in Britain: gybing) the stern moves through the wind from broad reach to broad reach. It is the second way of changing tack. Equally by doing this, we reach…

In this chapter I will explain how to heave-to. This manoeuvre is always shown as the last to the sailing students, because they would do nothing else otherwise for the rest of the course. After…