James Stevens answers your questions of seamanship - this month, would you know what to do if you had to leave an anchorage quickly to retrieve your dinghy?
Question of Seamanship
How would you tackle this windward berth?
James Stevens answers your questions of seamanship - this month, with no working bow thruster what is the best way to get into a windward berth?
If you have radar, would you set sail in fog?
James Stevens answers your questions of seamanship - this month, is radar enough for a foggy Channel crossing?
Is this injury serious enough for a Mayday?
James Stevens answers your questions of seamanship - this month, does a head injury onboard warrant issuing a Mayday
Do I set off – or not?
James Stevens answers your questions of seamanship - this month, with increasing headwinds forecast is it best to leave now or wait for a better forecast?
To continue on a cross-Channel trip or not?
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - should the skipper continue his passage to France with inexperienced, seasick crew or divert to Poole?
A tricky mooring
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - how to moor between two piles in tricky conditions
Shall we leave now, later, or not at all?
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - when is the best time to leave port when faced with a strong tidal stream and overfalls?
How do we find our way without a plotter?
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - when his GPS plotter packs up, Pete has to rely on the time old strategy of aim to miss
A man has gone overboard, what do we do?
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - Geoff is sailing at night with an inexperienced crew when he hears the call 'man overboard'