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    Nov 12, 2020 4 minutes

    SWAN 65 EVRIKA • WHEN TO TURN BACK • MAKE WINNING DECISIONS

    Practice sailing with a drogue – or a temporary drogue fashioned from a bucket, chain or anchor – to see how much control you have

    Windvane auxiliary rudders are many skippers’ first line of defence against autopilot or steering failures

    Steering issues fall firmly into the ‘things you never want to happen’ list, but they are not unknown. Around 5% of the ARC fleet reported steering issues over the 2017-2019 rallies, that’s about ten incidents per year. They also tend to occur with little warning, and can be tricky to fix – as I discovered when we had

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