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.
ON-LINE SAILING BOOKS
New published chapters of 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.
Weather routing in a sailboat
What do I need to perform weather routing calculations on a sailboat?, basic weather routing procedure (step by step), weather routing tools and final considerations.
ELECTRICAL DIAGRAM OF A SAILBOAT – REAL CASE
Gabriel Prohens, an industrial engineer, recently updated the electrical circuit of his sailboat, a FIRST 32. This article shows the electrical diagram of his installation, with a description of the most important elements and some final considerations.
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
Safety briefing on a sailing yacht
Aspects to be covered in the safety briefing that it is advisable to carry out on board a sailing yacht before starting a voyage, especially in the case of ocean sailing.
Foresails (I): Control elements
New chapter of the online book “Sail handling and trimming” in which we will see the control elements of the headsails (the tension of the forestay, the halyard, the position of the sheet traveler, and the tension of the sheet) and how to trim them in different 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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Latest news from the Sailing Area
A pura vela (Pure sailing)
“Alone in the Atlantic”, interview with Esperanza Pérez Pérez-Crespo
“An unpredictable rival,” interview with ocean sailor Carlos Cuadrado
Sailing Area featured articles
“The Bohemian Journey”, navigation and parenting
“On our first date, as soon as we met, I told him I had one year left until I graduated and that when I finished, I was going to sail around the world.” Thus begins Agus and Thomas’ adventure aboard the sailboat “Bohemia,” which they share with us in this exciting interview. And congratulations on the birth of your baby!
“Elena Oceánide”, science and sailing
Elena, aboard her home and sailboat, “Ciencia,” sails and promotes expeditions related to the study and care of the marine environment. Among her new projects is “OceanLab,” which combines sailing with scientific research. Elena shares her experiences and projects with our readers in this interesting interview.
“My Transformation,” an interview with ocean sailor Eugénie Nottebohm
Eugénie Nottebohm was born in Switzerland and is a biologist, painter, writer, and sailor. At fifty, an illness forced her to no longer postpone her dreams, and since then, she has been traveling the world aboard her sailboat, a Contessa 32. In this interview, she shares her passionate journey of personal growth.