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COVID19 and Sail Training (Updated: Jan 2022)
Topmast is committed to conducting courses in a safe and responsible manner to ensure the health...
Baltic 42 in the Erie Canal – Scraping By!
This spring I was fortunate to spend some time with Erin and Marie on their Baltic 42. We had a...
Heart Attack in Paradise
Jim Garvin is the kind of student Sailing Instructors really enjoy – he’s teachable, he gets along...
Becoming an RYA Instructor: the nitty gritty.
Topmast gets a few enquiries from Sail Canada and ASA instructors who want to become RYA...
Obeying The Buoys
No one possesses the literary skills to make the subject of buoyage interesting – no one. Buoys,...