Yachting Monthly

A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP

James Stevens, author of the Yachtmaster Handbook, spent 10 of his 23 years at the RYA as chief examiner

Do you still lee bow after a windshift?

Jackie is returning to the West Country from a visit to southern Ireland with her teenage son and daughter on board her 11m cruising yacht,. She is intending to visit the Isles of Scilly on the way back. Her current position is about 75 miles from the islands which bear 140° True.

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