12 novembre 2012
As little as thirty years ago, marine electronics was in its infancy, at least as far as pleasure boating was concerned. Chart Plotters and GPS w...
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25 ottobre 2012
What does the term mean?
Originally a chandlery was the office in a medieval household responsible for wax and candles. It was run by the ch...
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15 ottobre 2012
One of the most important considerations, when owning or buying a boat, is where you are going to keep it. Good moorings do not come cheap, but t...
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15 ottobre 2012
With the world consisting of over 70% water, it goes without saying that the scope for boating holidays is endless. From the most adventurous, to...
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08 ottobre 2012
(Why do you need them and how do you choose?)
Few of us would embark on the process of buying a house without arranging for a survey to be c...
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02 ottobre 2012
Access to a reliable transportation service is essential for private boat owners and boat businesses that need to deliver boats to new sailing ar...
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24 settembre 2012
The flying of flags on a boat might seem, to some, to be a practice passed down from history, which has nothing to do with the modern concept of ...
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19 settembre 2012
Buying a boat is an expensive business which few of us can enter into without resorting to some sort of finance deal. While some may favour direc...
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13 settembre 2012
Most seafarers have studied or been examined on the rules regarding emergencies at sea. Fortunately emergencies happen rarely, but it’s eas...
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21 agosto 2012
A bit of history
Thousands of years ago boats were named to honour a god, in order to safeguard them from peril. Their fear and superstition...
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15 agosto 2012
Red diesel is simply diesel fuel with red dye added to it. In some countries it is a requirement by law that dye is added to low-tax fuel in orde...
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23 luglio 2012
What is it?
"Heaving to" or being "hove to" is a way of slowing a boat’s forward progress and bringing it almost t...
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10 luglio 2012
The world’s first wind farm was sited in New Hampshire in 1980, but it was not until 1991 that the first offshore wind farm was installed i...
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11 giugno 2012
Day 3 – “seasickness and going aloft”
0600 hours – up early to catch the tide and head off down the western Solent t...
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11 giugno 2012
Day 5 – “tight turns and mud”
We were not leaving Weymouth until late morning; waiting for the eastgoing tide, but were st...
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