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Dave Bello 
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- Buying The Best Sailboat For You -- Catamarans vs. Monohulls
Feb 25, 2008
This article describes criteria for purchasing the best sailboat based on owner's intended usage. This article specifically discusses cruising...
Category: Boating
- Common Mistakes While Performing The Figure Eight Man Over Board Procedure
Oct 11, 2007
Identification of common mistakes made by sailors while performing the figure eight man over board procedure. Descriptions of how to properly...
Category: Boating
- Purchasing A Sailboat For Heavy Air Conditions
Oct 10, 2007
This article describes the proper process to buy a sailboat. The suggestions are written from the perspective of a sailboat buyer and are drawn...
Category: Boating
- Locating The Wind
Oct 9, 2007
This article describes a quick and reliable way for beginning sailors to locate the direction of the wind. It also discusses alternative methods...
Category: Boating
- Sailboat Characteristics For Light Air Sailing
Aug 21, 2007
This article describes sailboat characteristics to maximize performance and comfort in light air sailing areas based on the experience of Fair Wind...
Category: Boating
- A Framework For Purchasing a Yacht
Aug 17, 2007
The article presents an objective framework for purchasing a yacht. Unlike other articles about yacht purhase, this article takes the perspective...
Category: Boating
- A First Passage
Aug 17, 2007
This essay is a compilation of student comments and conversations from the February 2007 roundtrip voyage from St Thomas, USVI to St, Martin aboard...
Category: Boating
- Fair Wind Sailing School Sailing Lessons: Beginning Sail Trim
Aug 17, 2007
Three simple rules for trimming the mainsail and two simple rules for trimming the foresail.
Category: Boating
- Fair Wind Sailing School Sailing Lessons: Intermediate Sail Trim
Aug 17, 2007
A detailed perspective on sail trim, introducing the use of tell-tales and more sail controls, while keeping the relative time spent on sail trim...
Category: Boating
- How to Buy a Sailboat - Part II
Aug 17, 2007
How to apply the advice of those who have bought several or many sailboats and learn from their mistakes and experience. The single, most important...
Category: Boating
- You've Got to be Kidding Me - What's Wrong with Yacht Manufacturers? - Part I
Aug 17, 2007
Tales of woe from a first time yacht buyer. Dealing with irresponsible manufacturers.
Category: Boating
- You've Got to be Kidding Me - What's Wrong with Yacht Manufacturers? - Part II
Aug 17, 2007
This article is a continuation of my previous article examining the terrible warranty service of US yacht manufacturers. As I describe in Part I,...
Category: Boating
- How to Buy a Sailboat - Part I
Aug 17, 2007
Objective advice on how to buy a sailboat, from an experienced buyer (not a seller with a vested interest).
Category: Boating
- Diary of an Ocean Passage
Aug 17, 2007
This diary documents a 1000 nautical mile passage sailed in May 2006 from St Thomas, USVI to Georgetown, Bermuda.
Category: Boating
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