If you’re already a boat enthusiast or are considering taking up the hobby, learning to sail is just one extra step, but it can have a big impact on how you feel about boating and your experiences in it. Sailing, like other types of boating, can be a great way to experience the outdoors; to […]
There’s money to be made on the river
The boating lifestyle is one that’s often labelled ‘relaxing’, ‘peaceful’ and ‘for the elderly’. On the face of it that may be true, but there are plenty of opportunities to be had on rivers. During the summer months, it’s normal for people to head to the river for a picnic or a spot of relaxation, […]
Lifejackets – Your Safety in Their Hands!
Lifejackets are a key safety feature when sailing on the sea. They differ from buoyancy jackets in a number of ways perhaps the most important being that they keep the wearers head out of the water provided the crutch strap has been secured. Important if the victim has been knocked out. Lifejackets have a number […]
The different types of knots used in boating
There are a number of knots that are frequently used by boaters and are essential for practical purposes. The hitches are knots used for fastening a line to an unmoveable object such as an horizontal rail, a post or a ring such as mooring a small boat or tying of rigging or sails on ships. […]
Boating – Power, paddling, mechanical or wind powered
What better way is there to forget all your problems and pressures of the day than to go and get onto the river? Whether it is under your own power such as paddling a canoe, under wind power in one of the many sailboats that are available or under mechanical propulsion in the numerous motorised […]