When you are sailing, an important maneuver that you need to be able to do is called tacking. Tacking is a fundamental sailing maneuver. Tacking is when you move the boat’s bow into the wind to turn the boat’s direction. It is a very common maneuver that all sailors must learn to master. But with…
Jibing is another basic sailing maneuver that people must master when learning to sail. It is similar to tacking but a little bit different. Both a tack and a jibe will change the direction of your sailboat. A jibe in sailing is when the boat moves with the stern through the wind. Like any sailing…
When you learn to sail, the wind is one of the most important things you need to understand. In particular, it is essential for you to understand the points of a sail or exactly how the wind works with sailing. In sailing, the points of sail are the No Go Zone, Close Haul, Close Reach,…
When you are learning to sail a boat, one of the most important things you need to understand is what direction the wind is coming from and how the wind and sails work together. Calm or becalm is used to describe sailing with no wind; they indicate that the wind is calm or becalm, so…
When you are learning to sail, many sailors want to know if it is possible to sail a boat that does not have a keel. Some sailboats do not have a keel. The most popular types of boats to sail without a keel are catamarans and dinghies. Neither the catamaran nor the dinghy has a…
Sometimes you may have to sail a boat without an engine, especially a smaller sailboat. I have sailed many sailboats that do not have an engine. Many sailboats, particularly smaller ones, do not have an engine, so you will need to learn to sail without an engine. In sailing without an engine, there are safety…