by Fin | Sun Dec 2016 | Deep Waters, Head to Wind
Spoiler Alert: If you’ve never watched the iconic Judy Garland movie The Wizard of Oz then stop reading right now! (FYI – probably the most unsailorlike line I’ve ever written) Sailboats can be intimidating. There’s rope everywhere, winches, blocks and big flappy...
by Fin | Fri Dec 2016 | Deep Waters, Head to Wind
Zombie Sailing Advice: Zombies can’t swim. They certainly can’t sail. Sailing is a bit too complicated for Zombies. You’ll never hear a Zombie telling another Zombie to ‘ease the jib sheet’, which comes out as ‘unhunhhhunhhhhunhh’ and means zip, nada, nothing. And if...
by Fin | Sun Oct 2016 | Deep Waters, Head to Wind
It is surprising to find that the oldest international sporting competition doesn’t involve a round ball. This distinction belongs to the America’s Cup, begun in 1851, forty-five years before the Olympics and seventy-nine years before the new kid on the block – the...
