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Why meticulous checks, sensible stowage and forward planning are key for a trouble free passage in stormy conditions.To find out more about Yachting World's

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Heaving to is an ideal technique for riding out a storm, but there's an art to it in heavy seas. Skip Novak explains how to go about it.Read more at www.yac

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The first move is to sheet the headsail to weather. 2 Ease the reduced mainsail until the boat stops all forward motion. 3 Put your rudder over hard to windward (ie with the wheel lashed to

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Skip goes through how to formulate a bail-out plan, how to weigh anchor and break the anchor out, what to do if your windlass fails and what to do if you hav

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Watch our pick of the most dramatic heavy weather videos. This first video of heavy weather sailing is our from our Storm Sailing Series with Skip Novak. It was probably the most ambitious project

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Skip Novak's Storm Sailing Techniques Part 1: the Pelagic Philosophy. No one knows more about storm sailing than Skip Novak, the pioneer of high-latitudes charters in Pelagic. In the first of an

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Reef early, change to storm canvas in good time and seek refuge. Issue seasickness pills and review the watch system. Set up the sail plan for heavy weather and deploy the inner forestay with a storm jib. It's wise to hand the mainsail, fix the boom and run on headsails.

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Yachting World Storm Sailing Techniques. In this 12-part series with Yachting World, round the world racer and renowned expedition sailor Skip Novak explains the fundamentals of preparing and sailing safely through heavy weather conditions. This collection of in-depth features, prepared and filmed while sailing round Cape Horn in Skip's yacht

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Running for shelter - theory. With the sail plan reduced and the wind rising, the skipper should consider running for shelter. I suggest that the right time to run for shelter is four hours before you thought of it. Put another way, as soon as the crew starts debating whether to seek shelter or not, then they must do so straight away.

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Skip Novak's view is clear: although drogues could be a lifesaver on small boats of, say, less than 50ft, he would feel nervous about deploying the gear on bigger, heavier vessels. For smaller

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Skip Novak takes us on a tour of his two intrepid expedition yachts, specifically designed for high latitudes, heavy weather and ice cruising. See more at ww

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The key is to match tactics to the weather. Courtesy American Sailing Association. Storm tactics can be roughly defined as the ways to handle a storm once you're in it. There are several proven choices, all of which intend to keep either the bow or stern pointing toward the waves. No one tactic will work best for all sailboats in all conditions.

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Stay with the boat as long as the boat floats; Golden rules of heavy-weather. If you can, don't go if heavy-weather is predicted. Keep clear of any potential lee shore. Avoid areas prone to breaking waves (e.g. shallowing shore, sea mounts, harbour bars on ebb and swell, headlands). Prepare the boat and crew before the heavy-weather hits.

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Email This Page to a FriendPreview: Heavy Weather Sailing - Using Storm Sails and Reefing. November 6, 2014. Dustin Urban. Here we have the first lesson presented in Yachting World's Storm Sailing with Skip Novak series. Skip Novak Storm Sailing Part 3: Using Storm Sails

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This can hang quietly attached to the toe rail or chain plate until needed. Then as the storm approaches, it can be deployed with a ratchet, wheel or lever to tighten the wire and a reduced headsail hanked on. Having been under load, the genoa needed extra turns round the foil to furl away fully. Photo: Richard Langdon.

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Skip Novak's Storm Sailing Techniques Part 2: expedition yacht design. September 28, 2014. Skip shows us around his two Pelagic expedition yachts in our latest video.

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Skip Novak explains the easiest and safest way to reduce sail and carry on in a gale int he latest Storm Sailing video. Check out our other videos at www.ya

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for Cape Horn with high latitudes doyen Skip Novak to make a series on heavy weather seamanship. Editor David Glenn reports from Tierra del Fuego 38 YACHTING WORLD OCTOBER 2013 This month we begin our 12-part series in print (see panel on page 46), written by Skip Novak and supported by video, all of which will also be available online.

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Skip Novak's Storm Sailing Techniques Part 2: expedition yacht design. Skip Novak. September 28, 2014. 0 shares. To explain what is required of a tough boat for storm sailing, Skip Novak talks

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Part 5 in Skip Novak's Storm Sailing Techniques series explains how to sail comfortable in 35 knots with this tried and tested method. See all the videos at

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Skip Novak's Storm Sailing Techniques Part 4: Heaving to. Skip Novak; September 24, 2014. 0 shares. 0 shares. Heaving to is an ideal technique for riding out a storm, but there's an art to it in heavy seas. Skip Novak explains how to go about it. Despite 40-knot winds, Pelagic sits nicely hove to, with the staysail sheeted to weather TAGS:

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Skip Novak's Storm Sailing Techniques Part 10: Anchoring in heavy weather. Skip Novak explains his philosophy on anchoring, based on having to hold fast in some very extreme high latitudes