On my previous boat, a 12m (40ft) ketch, if a halyard escaped to the top of the mast all I had to do was unfold the mast steps and climb up to retrieve it.However, on my current Sailfish 25 it’s impractical to climb the mast or even lower it easily, but with a few minutes thought, a few minutes work and no cost I made this device, which works a treat.
See what it takes to be a lockmaster on the Rideau Canal, a picturesque chain of lakes, rivers and canal cuts joining Kingston and Ottawa. Helping to move a riverboat through the waterway is all in a day’s work for this lockmaster. Watch more first-person videos from our “What it feels like to be Canadian” series: http://site.macleans.ca/canada148/ind…
How to sail a traditionally rigged ship The Sørlandet is the oldet and most authentic kept full-rigged-ship in active service. She was built in Kristiansand, Norway in 1927. Every year hundreds of sail trainees come aboard to experience traditional sailing. No previous knowledge of sailing is needed, they all get instructed by the crew.
When 14-year-old Laura Dekker set out in 2012 to become the youngest person to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe, filmmaker Jillian Schlesinger documented the remarkable 518-day journey. In this excerpt from the full-length documentary Maidentrip, Dekker follows the route her parents took 20 years earlier through French Polynesia. Today, Dekker holds the record for the youngest person to sail around the world by herself.