Techniques

• Navigation
• The joy of sextants
• Celestial navigation (see also plastic sextants)
• Paper pilot
• Les cartes electroniques
• Technique de Mouillage
• Anchoring tips
• Anchorage
• Turn in tight spot
• Technique d'Accostage
• Fog How to survive
• Anchors
• MoB: les bons gestes et les bons equipements
• MoB in real life.
• Improved MOB
• Man over Board in real life.
• Rules you need to know
• Storm how to survive.
• Weathering a severe Gale
• Blind navigation
• Short handed sailing
• Short-handed sailing
• Short handed harbor
• Against the tide
• Tenders do and don't
• 20 points pour maîtriser le mouillage
• Box Berthing
• Helico lifting
• How to Tie up your boat
• Coming alongside
• Mooring astern
• Mooring Mediterranean style
• Mooring securely
• How to react to Gust and squall
• Manoeuvering under sail
• How to Plan your passage
• Passage planning checklist
• Passage planning form


• Engine and maintenance
• Comment marche un diesel + conseil entretien
• Carburettor cleaning for an outboard
• Tank trap (diesel bug)
• Filtres à gasoil ? Quel entretien ?
• Blue Water Diesel
• Make a diesel run
• Avoid diesel fail
• Outboard maintenance
• Outboard engine service
• Fix the engine at sea
• Service your engine
• Bleeding Fuel
• Service your engine in 12 easy steps.
• Engine surgery
• Replacing cylinder heads
• Upgrading the fuel system
• Servicing fuel injectors
• Troubleshooting the diesel system
• Diesel Systems
• Must have tools
• Tools needed
• Tools and spares
• Fifteen fix at sea
• Cooling system
• Interfaces between different pieces of hardware
• Replacing the impeller
• Anti Syphon valve
• Investigating a faulty alternator
• Replacing a faulty alternator
• Repair the instrument gauge
• 6 problems at sea you should be able to solve.
• Wintering the boat
• Mid season checks
• Midwinter boat checks
• 25 points winter check
• 10 points engine check
• Hivernage du hors-bord
• Hivernage
• Lay up check list
• The 60 min.Back in the water checklist
• Skipper CheckList(71 points)
• 10 tips to go back to the water
• Winterizing
• Simple maintenance
• Adding solar panels
• building a Low voltage alarm
• Engine health check
• How to mouse a hallyard ?
• Extending the sail
• How to untangle your hallyard
• How to service a winch?
• Winch servicing
• How to repair a sail ?
• Choisir ses cordages
• Knowing the ropes
• Le greement courant
• How to check your rigging ?
• Check your rigging
• Rigging: keeping on top
• Repairing sails at sea
• Choisir ses voiles
• Batteries
• Electricite onboard
• Understanding anodes
• Electricite a bord d'un bateau
• Electricite pour les bateaux de plaisance
• Electricity basics
• Troubleshooting the electrics
• Power management
• Fitting solar panels
• Battery management
• Battery power management
• Power management
• Going Electric(2017)
• Going Electric(2018)
• Fitting solar panels
• Solar panels
• Solar Power (202210)
• Offshore safety checklist
• 10 check for offshore
• How to check any boat is safe
• Materiel de securite (S.240)
• Descaling toilet pipes
• Jabsco Toilet maintenance
• Restore Gelcoat
• How to repair gelcoat ?
• Gel coat repair
• Applying Gelcoat


• Soft. & Refs
• Navigation apps (iOS/Android)
• Les fichiers GRIB


• Noeuds
• Which rope for which job ?
• Les bons noeuds
• Crossover chart - for best sail trimming !
• Faire un noeud de chaise à une main
• Faire un noeud de carrick
• Faire un noeud de taquet
• Faire un noeud d'écoute
• 2 noeuds indispensables


• Misc.
• Bread making
• What safety kit do you actually need ?
• How do heads work?
• Scaling: is bigger better ?
• LeeBowing: debunking the myth
• DSC radio
• Raft properly
• What time is high water ?
• Casting off in style
• The Sail Revolution
• Servicing your life jacket