Yachting Monthly

SKIPPERS’ TIPS & YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

THIS MONTH’S EXPERTS

MIRANDA DELMAR-MORGAN is an Ocean Yachtmaster, delivery skipper and author of pilot and reference books

LU HEIKELL is the leading pilot book author for the Mediterranean and has cruised extensively, including multiple circuits of the Med

RACHAEL SPROT is a Yachtmaster Examiner with an impressive number of sea miles logged, from Lofoten to St Lucia and beyond

SARAH BROWN is a lifelong sailor. She is a freelance consultant advising the Scottish Government on marine invasive species

FOX MORGAN is an STCW, GMDSS and YM Ocean qualified maritime professional who has sailed thousands of miles

Headsails only downwind

Going dead downwind presents the risk of an accidental gybe. In order to keep the sails drawing efficiently you can end

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