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Sailing Blue Mind from Branford to Annapolis

December 15, 2021 | Comments Off on Sailing Blue Mind from Branford to Annapolis

We keep Blue Mind at Dutch Wharf Marina on the Branford river for the summer.  The last couple of years we have moved the boat to Herrington Harbour North which is south of Annapolis because our son has a rigging business their. We spend the month of November on the boat and then leave the […]

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Performance Racing Trim

Sail Trim

August 1, 2021 | Comments Off on Sail Trim

In our beginning courses, we are happy just to get the boat to move. As we get more experience we might notice that other boats are sailing better than us. Some people say that if there are two sailboats in sight of each other they are racing even if one of them doesn’t know it. […]

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Sailing Around the World

August 1, 2021 | Comments Off on Sailing Around the World

Many beginning sailors dream of someday sailing the world. If that is your dream you are going to want to know what countries to go to and in what order and at what time of the year. “World Cruising Routes”  by Jimmy Cornell is the defacto place to start your research.

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Boat US East Coast Alerts

June 1, 2021 | Comments Off on Boat US East Coast Alerts

Sign up here: Subscribe | BoatUS This is a monthly service with updates as needed to keep you in the loop about anything navigational issues.

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Some of my favorite videos ( by Capt Dave)

October 7, 2020 | Comments Off on Some of my favorite videos ( by Capt Dave)

How to trim Sails with Carol Hasse

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Crew Overboard, Rescue

September 26, 2020 | Comments Off on Crew Overboard, Rescue

In our ASA classes we practice several COB sailing techniques. We learn how to get the boat back to the person in the water. The next step is how to get the person out of the water and back on the boat. This guy Duncan Wells has some ideas. Check out his website. http://moblifesavers.com/

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The Long and the Short of it

June 9, 2020 | Comments Off on The Long and the Short of it

Besides classes on the school boat, we really have a lot of fun helping new boat owners figure out their boat and learn how to rig and sail it better. Sometimes the boat is big like this Maple Leaf 60 and sometimes it is a family boat for someone to have fun on the weekends […]

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Sailing is My Peace

June 9, 2020 | Comments Off on Sailing is My Peace

Sailing is my peace. Luckily, I have had the opportunity to share this with my children. After my boys (10 and 12) completed their distance learning, we set sail on New Dawn to spend the afternoon replenishing our souls. Sailing provides a refuge from wearing a mask outside, from having to think about COVID19, from […]

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We Broke Our Charter Boat

January 26, 2019 | Comments Off on We Broke Our Charter Boat

Because I spend so many days teaching sailing, I don’t get to charter as often as I would like. In the summer of 2018, my wife and I decided to take a charter someplace exotic for our anniversary. We have chartered in the BVI and USVI before and wanted to go somewhere different. We settled […]

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Incognito Student

January 26, 2019 | Comments Off on Incognito Student

I love to teach sailing, but one disadvantage is not having the time to sail with my own family. If I we have a free spot on the boat and my wife is available, sometimes she will accompany me. It has always worked out well because I always appreciate having another set of experienced eyes […]

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