Bluewater Sailors
Reference site on tactics and equipment for sailing
“Bluewater Sailors” (Navegantes Oceánicos) is a web-editorial of contents for those who are passionate about the sea, whether as crew members, sailors, skippers or ship owners, who want to learn more about sailing, such as sailing boats, the best equipment and the tactics and techniques to use them at sea in any situation.
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New published chapters of online books
Galerider
The “Galerider” towing device has been used on numerous occasions by deploying it from the stern during a storm, reducing the sailboat’s speed, minimizing surfing, and improving its handling with an autopilot. In this chapter, we will describe this drogue device and consider some aspects of its use on a sailboat.
Fresh water system of a sailboat
Key aspects of the freshwater system of a sailboat: freshwater tanks, freshwater circuit with an electric pressure pump, hot water on board, drinking water, freshwater circuit with hand/foot pump, tank ventilation, and seawater circuit (in sink).
Basic electricity concepts of interest to a sailor
A simple explanation of some basic electrical concepts relevant to sailors: direct and alternating current, current intensity, voltage, resistance, and power, and the relationships between these elements, with examples of their application on a sailboat.
Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar on a sailboat. Planning considerations.
Planning considerations for crossing the Strait of Gibraltar on a sailboat: prevailing winds (easterly and westerly), sea conditions (wind sea and swells), surface currents and tides, recommendations for a possible orca attack, and the route to follow.
Featured chapters of our online books
Sea anchors
New chapter dedicated to sea anchors: the importance of ship design for using a sea anchor, cone-shaped sea anchor (limitations), use of raiding sails, the parachute anchor, mooring the sea anchor on board, the Pardeys deployment method, and final considerations.
The main sail (I): Control elements.
In this chapter of the online book “Sail Handling” we will describe the control elements of the main sail: backstay tension, Cunningham, halyard, leech line, topping lift, traveler, and boom vang; and their use under various wind conditions.
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“Bluewater Sailors” is a web-editorial of contents for those who are passionate about the sea, whether as crew members, sailors, skippers or ship owners, who want to know more about sailing, how are the boats, the best equipment and the tactics and techniques to use them at sea in any situation.
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“Retratos de mujer mirando al mar”, interview with a Ana Capsir
In this interesting interview, Ana Capsir shares her beginnings in the world of sailing and experiences from a lifetime linked to the sea, and some anecdotes from her latest book that has just been published “Tales of a Woman Looking at the Sea”, in which she masterfully describes the lives of six women from different eras, who forged their destiny at sea, against all odds.
Adrián Magnago: “Some journeys are not measured in miles, but in revelations.”
Argentine captain Adrian Magnago, now in Cape Verde, Africa, waiting for the window that will allow him to cross the Atlantic aboard the Itaca, tells us in this interview about his voyages of the last few years and also tells us about the publication of his first book “Itaca: Entre olas y silencios”.
The challenge of building a sailboat and crossing the Atlantic, an interview with Diego Cistaro
Diego has designed and built a steel sailboat, including welding the plates, painting, and assembling the mast and rigging. He is currently finishing the interior and outfitting, with the goal of crossing the Atlantic Ocean solo from Argentina to the Mediterranean and then on to Italy. In this interesting interview, he shares the most important aspects of this ambitious project.