5 Tips For Buying and Living on a Sailboat

If you want to live on the water, but you don't want to pay the sort of prices for houses on the coast, one option you have available is to live on a sailboat. While it might seem like an easy, Bohemian lifestyle, though, a lot goes into putting your life on the water... particularly if you want to live on a boat that actually function. Reference

For those who are thinking about taking the plunge, keep the following advice in mind.

Tip #1: Don't Buy A Fixer-Upper
Boats can be a money sink, and that's before you raise the prospect of living on one. While it might be sorely tempting to buy a boat that just needs "a little work," you need to seriously ask what it's going to cost in terms of materials, time, energy, and money to fix any problems a boat has. Especially if you want your sailboat to be a functional craft so you can travel while still living on it. This is particularly important to remember as boats get more expensive to maintain over time, rather than less... especially when they're constantly exposed to the elements.

Tip #2: Get Something As Small As You Can Tolerate
Most folks, when they choose to live on a sailboat, opt to get something as big as possible that they can still handle. That's not a problem if you have a crew on board to help you sail, but if it's just you then it's a good idea to think smaller. Not only are smaller boats easier to handle, though, they also tend to be cheaper to buy up-front, and they can fit in marinas where larger boats wouldn't. This increases your options and maximizes your freedom, which can be more than worth giving up a few feet of space here and there.

Tip #3: Be Realistic About Your Slip Options
While it's true that the cost of renting a slip in a marina is often way cheaper than the local rent in any given coastal area, there is a caveat that comes with that; waiting time. Most marinas have a select number of slips for boats that people will also be living on, and in popular areas the wait time on being allowed to move into that spot can be years long. So if you're planning on pursuing this option, be sure that you've done your research and you know whether you can move in right away, or if you're going to be waiting for a decade or so for someone else to move out.

Tip #4: Make Sure You Know What You're Doing
Sailing might not be the most complicated task in the world (humanity has literally been doing it for centuries, after all), but you should still be familiar with the rudiments before you decide to move your life onto a boat. Take a course or two, and make sure you're comfortable with the boat you're going to be living on before you commit. Just like if you were going to live in a land cruiser, you'd need to make sure you can get it to move the way you want, and that you can find your way when you're out on your own.

Tip #5: Minimize Your Lifestyle
Living on a boat means you need to make room for the essentials, while keeping your own needs to a minimum. Even if you're used to living in a relatively small space, you need to make sure you leave your non-essentials on the shore when it comes to living on a sailboat. Everything from clothes, to books, to your electronics needs to be re-evaluated, and you need to be sure you've got the room while you're out on the water.
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A day trip on the Frisian lakes

Stay at the Terherne port resort

If you are on holiday in Friesland and you are staying in the middle of the Frisian lakes, then of course you have to rent a sloop to go sailing. Last June we spent a week in beautiful and water-rich Friesland. To be precise in the village of Terherne. We stayed in a dyke house on the Terherne harbor resort of Roompot Vakanties . A unique home at the head of the harbor. We enjoyed all the boats passing by and the great view on all sides of the house. We will definitely go back here!

UPDATE: Unfortunately, the dyke house is no longer available for rent, but fortunately they still have very nice harbor houses and apartments to rent.

Rent an electric sloop

During our week stay in Terherne we went looking for a rental company to rent an electric sloop. The advantage of such a whisper boat is that it is very quiet and, secondly, it does not cost extra diesel. In short, extra relaxing so if you sail on the rippling water. Since there are so many water around you to find many boat rental companies in the area, a nice boat was quickly found for a nice price. For a full day of sailing we paid € 100 at  De Broek boat rental , about a 15-minute drive from Terherne.

Sailing towards Woudsend and Heeg

As we said, we start our boat trip in the town of Broek, where the rental company is located. After we are first provided with some explanation and information about the sloop, our cruise on the Frisian Lakes begins. Via the larger lakes: the Langweerder Wielen and the Koevordermeer and then the narrower water the Welle, we arrive at the village of Woudsend. This town, with a protected townscape, lies between the Heegermeer and the Slotermeer and lies on the route of the Elfstedentocht. Woudsend has two mills, namely sawmill De Jager and flour mill 't Lam, and also several churches. The watersports site has approximately 1400 inhabitants.  silverton boats for sale

Enjoying the sunshine and your hair through the wind we sail further on the Heegermeer, after which you also immediately arrive in the village of Heeg with its pleasant terraces. This village in the municipality of Southwest Friesland also has a partially protected townscape and is known for eel fishing in particular. This used to be an important means of existence for a long time.

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Capacity, Stability, And Safety: How Many Is Too Many?

Boaters gather every year in Long Island Sound for the dozens of private and municipal Fourth of July fireworks displays visible from the water. Among the hundreds of boats on the Sound last year was a 34-foot Silverton cabin cruiser, called Kandi Won, loaded down with 26 friends and family members of the owner. When the fireworks ended, the Silverton joined the crush of boats heading home. At about 10 p.m., according to news reports, the boat rolled, spilling passengers into the water. Reference

"It was very fast," passenger Lisa Gaines later told the Today Show. "The boat started to lean, and it just didn't recover." Three children, including Gaines' 8-year-old daughter Victoria, were trapped in the cabin when the boat went down, and died in the accident.

An investigation of the capsizing by Nassau County, New York police is still underway, but response in the boating community and in legislative chambers was swift. In New York, spurred on by Lisa Gaines and her husband Paul, state legislators introduced a bill calling for more boater training. Most of the response, though, has centered on the number of people aboard — by seemingly any measure, the boat was overloaded. But the older boat had recently been purchased by an inexperienced skipper, who may not have understood the danger. Boats under 20 feet and powered by an engine are required to have capacity plates indicating the number of people a boat can safely carry. These remove any doubt about when a boat is overloaded. But boats 20 feet and over, like Kandi Won, have no such labeling. In the wake of the July accident, some experts are asking whether the capacity plate requirement should be extended to cover all boats.

CAD Drawing Resembling the 34-foot SilvertonCAD Drawing created to be as close as possible to the 34-foot Silverton and used to analyze the boat's stability. (Courtesy of: Dave Gerr)

Dave Gerr, nautical architect and author of (among other books) The Elements of Boat Strength for Builders, Designers and Owners, believes that all powerboats should carry capacity plates, and he has recommended that the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) adopt the requirement as a standard. Gerr, with a group of other naval architects, investigated the sinking of Kandi Won.

"It was immediately apparent to all of us that this was crazy," he says. "You don't put 27 people on this boat." So a bunch of us said, "OK, that's our intuition, it seems like we all agree. Let's take a look at the stability numbers, and see if the numbers prove that conclusively."

The numbers, it turned out, were the easy part. The hard part, Gerr says, was reconstructing the boat. Silverton is in bankruptcy, and plans for the older boat were difficult to come by. He had to start from scratch, developing a mathematical model as well as a computer drafting simulation to analyze the boat. Once he had those models, he was able to determine the stability of the vessel when it was loaded with people.

"My original results were surprising," Gerr says, "so I had a couple of people look at it. Basically, it was quite a nice boat. Quite safe and stable. But with 27 people onboard, including eight on the flybridge, the stability was very questionable. It had almost no reserve stability at all."

His conclusion: "A boat that size was probably safe with 15 or 16 people onboard. Maybe even a few more."

A real-world test of his finding was fairly simple. Marine consultant Eric Sorenson piled weight on the rail of a similar Silverton 34 and measured the angle of heel. In a detailed article in Soundings last year, Sorenson was more conservative in his preliminary findings. "Some feel that 15 [passengers] would be permissible in calm waters in daylight if half of them are kids," he writes, "but I think this is excessive because of the complications so many people create in the event of an emergency."

Gerr thinks Sorenson's estimate is too conservative. "I can see no reason that boat wouldn't be safe with 15 or 16 people aboard for ordinary coastwise junkets," he says, "but with no more than two or three on the flybridge."

Sorenson's Soundings article is an excellent and in-depth investigation. It is also physics-heavy and, one suspects, a bit dense for casual boaters like the skipper of Kandi Won. He concludes that experience is the best guide, or barring that, education of the sort offered by the Coast Guard and Power Squadron.

Gerr agrees that experience (and common sense) should serve as a guide. "Anyone who's spent any time on the water sort of understands" when a boat is overloaded, he says. "If you've been in a canoe, you understand. If you've been in a rowboat, you understand."

Chart of 34-foot Silverton Stability Curves With Normal Load and With 27 PassengersGerr's model showed that the stability of the 34-foot Silverton decreased by more than half when loaded with 27 passengers. (Courtesy of: Dave Gerr)

James Mercante, a lawyer hired by the insurance company of the Kandi Won owner, does not agree. "They were out there for hours before, during, and after the fireworks and there was no incident, no problem; the vessel handled fine," Mercante told The New York Times. "You get two or three big boats when they're together, you get a wake becoming six to eight feet. Any boat could get rolled over with a trough like that." Mercante's remarks have been disputed by Sorenson and others.

In the absence of capacity plates for recreational boats 20 feet and over, safe operating capacity is left to the captain's experience, judgment, and common sense. Charles Schumer, New York senator, would like to change that. Shortly after the July 4 accident, he wrote a letter to the Coast Guard, asking them to "require all recreational boats to post capacity information in a highly visible location for all to see. This will provide passengers, who are not familiar with boating capacity and safety measures, the option to choose whether or not they feel safe boarding the boat."

In September, Schumer introduced the "Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2012" in the Senate. It would require all new boats to prominently display their carrying capacity, in people and in pounds. The bill has gone to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. If the bill passes, capacity plates for larger boats would become the law of the land, but in the meantime, the Coast Guard is unable to make a rule on its own because larger boats just don't capsize that often.

Phil Cappel is the chief of the Coast Guard's Recreational Boating Product Assurance Branch, which keeps the numbers on the trouble that recreational boats get into every year. His team looked at their data after the Kandi Won accident and found that in 2010 and 2011, there were 26 capsizes, resulting in two deaths and six injuries on boats in the 26- to 40-foot range. Over the past five years, an average of 60 boats greater than 20 feet capsized each year. For smaller boats, the yearly average was 255.

In an email, Cappel wrote that "we don't have the justification from our boating accident database that we feel is needed to attempt to publish a regulation requiring capacity plates on all recreational boats 20 feet in length and over."

Capacity isn't really the issue anyway, Cappel says. It's the stability of the boat that matters, although the two are related.

"Operators have to be more aware of the placement of persons and gear aboard the boat rather than just the total weight allowed," he says. "Many boats less than 20 feet in length, that are required to have capacity plates, capsize each year even though they may be carrying the proper number of occupants. The simple fact of the matter is that smaller, lighter boats have much less stability than larger, heavier boats."

Gerr has recommended that the ABYC adopt a standard formula for capacity. The ABYC is undertaking a study to see if there's a statistically significant number of larger boats that capsize due to overloading. Like Cappel, Gerr says it is more about stability than capacity — where the weight is placed is an important factor. Unlike Schumer's bill, he would make an exception for sailboats, because they heel by nature, and he would like to see a separate capacity plate for flybridges. Still, he says, the draft standard he envisions would not be overly burdensome.

"What I have in mind is not going to require a vast amount of calculation," he says. "The idea is to make it easy."

While the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) hasn't taken a position on the issue, some manufacturers already label their larger boats. Beneteau, based in France, labels their powerboats according to a European Community (CE)standard, with passenger capacities based on where they will be used, from Class A ("Ocean: Designed for extended voyages where conditions may exceed wind force 8 [Beaufort scale] and significant wave heights of 4 meters and above, and vessels largely self-sufficient") through Class D ("Sheltered waters: Designed for voyages on small lakes, rivers and canals where conditions up to, and including wind force 4 [Beaufort scale] and significant wave heights up to, and including 0.5 meters may be experienced"). Beneteau's new 30-foot Barracuda 9, for example, is CE-certified to carry four people offshore, and 10 people inshore.

What Gerr is proposing is less complicated. While he would like to see a separate rating for boats with a flybridge, testing stability would be fairly easy. "It's a little more complicated than this," he says, "but if you have a boat that you want to carry 12 people, you get 12 people and you stand them on the rail. If the boat doesn't heel more than 14 degrees, you pass."

Gerr proposes providing a simple set of calculations for voluntary use in the design phase and developing a simple stability test. "Those calculations would be in the standard for those who want to use them," he says. "So if you're a designer, whether you're working for a manufacturer like Silverton, or whether you're building a boat on your own, you could optimize your design based on those calculations. But if you wanted to test them, it would be something relatively simple. And that's important, that it be relatively simple."

Since neither the Coast Guard nor Congress are likely to enact a new standard in the foreseeable future, any immediate action on capacity plates would have to come from the ABYC's technical committee. In the absence of capacity ratings for larger boats, is there a method for calculating capacity that doesn't require a degree in naval architecture? Not really. "Anything I can think of that's simple might possibly lead to assuming a boat was safe that wasn't," Gerr says. "It would be rare, but not rare enough."

Owners of larger boats may find assistance in their owner's manual (the manual for a later model of the Silverton 34 lists a 10-person capacity) or by contacting the manufacturers directly. But as the Coast Guard's Cappel pointed out and the European Community standard for capacity labeling indicates, conditions outside the boat can have a dramatic effect on stability. There is still no substitute for training and experience.

For smaller boats, there is a formula that gives a rough approximation of the number of passengers a boat can carry. The New York Times cited it in an article about Kandi Won, but later corrected the article. Widely referenced online, the formula is length times beam, divided by 15. Asked about that formula, Gerr wondered aloud what answer it would give for the 34-foot Silverton. There was a brief silence over the phone while he calculated.

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Let Pro-Line Boats Help You Plan Your next Fishing Trip

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Fishing can be one of the most adventurous yet relaxing activities that one can do. Whether you take a solo trip or take a few of your family and friends, nothing is better than being out on the water with just the people in your boat! A proper fishing trip is going to require a little planning so let the pros here at Pro-Line Boats give you a few tips to help you with your off-shore excursion!

Location

Much like in real estate, location is truly everything when it comes to a good fishing trip. The location will depend on a few factors such as the time you want to spend on the trip, the activities you would like to do, and the type of fish you want to fish for. If your trip is more about spending time and less about what fish you want to catch then the location is not as important, but what is important is that once you figure out the location you want to travel to that you learn all the information you can about it before your visit.

Weather

It is very important that you check the weather for the destination you choose to visit for your fishing trip. There are certain precautions that may be necessary to take depending upon the weather. While checking the weather you should also check the tides and the currents. Getting a good idea about the tides in your fishing destination will be very beneficial.

Regulations

Each state and country will have its own fishing regulations. It’s very important that you do your research about the regulations for the destination that you choose for your fishing trip. Nothing can ruin a great trip faster than getting busted for breaking a regulation that you didn’t even know existed!  

The Boat

Pro-Line Boats offers a wide variety of boats that would be perfect for your offshore adventure such as the Pro-Line 26 Express. The Pro-Line 26 Express is perfect for your fishing trip because it offers features such as fishboxes, a lighted baitwell, rod storage, bolster pads, and a large transom door that ensures that when fishing gets hot, your 26 Express delivers. Below the deck the 26 Express offers a large forward sleeping area, fresh water sink, and a porta potty so that all your guests remain comfortable!

Taking these few tips will ensure that your fishing trip will be everything you want it to be and more! For more information about the Pro-Line 26 Express or other fishing boats by Pro-Line that will make your trip unforgettable visit our website or contact us!  

buying or building a vote home

Note the location'Location' is a sacred word in the real estate sector, because the location largely determines the value of a property. This is also the case for residential real estate. The quality of a location is also quite steadfast. That is why it is sometimes better to buy a less attractive property in a nice street than a nice property in an ugly street. You can relatively easily make the ugly house attractive, but that does not apply to the street. The art of buying real estate is being able to estimate which locations will be top in the future. Because at such locations there is a prospect of great added value.


Go in search of sleeping building landBuilding land is said to be scarce in Belgium. Many aspiring builders give up after long fruitless searches, and still opt for an existing home. However, the stock of building land is still far from exhausted. Only there is not a 'for sale' sign on every parcel. Many private landowners are not in a hurry to sell. But that can change quickly if they get a conceet bid. If you know a beautiful vacant plot, try to find out the owner's details. This is possible at the Land Registry, for example.


Cheap is not always betterBuying an existing home that is still to be renovated has the advantage that you can spread the investment over time. The fact that the regulations on energy performance still focus on the new-build market also provides a price advantage for existing real estate. But be aware that the prices are relatively high in the segment of smaller houses, due to the high demand. If a thorough renovation is then required, the total price tag may be disappointing.


Find out if you can enjoy premiumsBefore you buy or build a property, it is advisable to inquire about whether you can get premiums from the federal government, the municipality, the province or the region. Those premiums are awarded for many works and are often not negligible. The premiums for Flanders can be found on www.premiezoeker.be , for Wallonia on www.wallonie.be and for Brussels on www.curbain.be. If you take out a housing loan, there is a risk that you will involuntarily lose your job or become unable to work for a long time. You can insure yourself against this by taking out a free unemployment insurance policy. This is possible in both Flanders and Wallonia, but not in Brussels.

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Take out boat insurance: what should you look out for?

Have you purchased a beautiful boat and would you like to take it carefree on the water?
Then it is extremely important to take out suitable boat insurance. Are you already
looking around for a suitable insurance policy for your boat, or do you still have to start?
In any case, you must have noticed that there is a huge range of boat insurance policies
on the Dutch market. We are happy to give you a number of tips to help you identify your
wishes and compare the various boat insurance policies.

Boat insurance coverage

The first and most important point of attention is the coverage. Do you only want to take
out liability insurance (WA) so that any damage you cause to others is compensated? Or
are you going for more certainty by taking out a more extensive package so that damage
to your own proline boats for sale is also compensated? And do you have the money or
not to insure your boat against things like fire, theft or accidents?

Take out a boat insurance premium

It is logical that the type of coverage also has consequences for your premium. For
example, choosing an insurance policy always involves the trade-off between risks
and costs. On the one hand, you want to come out as cheaply as possible, but on
the other hand, you also want to be insured as completely as possible. Our boat
insurance policies, in any case, respond well to this and offer affordable and insurance
policies that can offer decent coverage. In our previous blog, you can read how our
premium calculation is  

Sailing area

You probably already have an idea which waters you want to explore with your boat.
Always check whether your desired boat insurance also offers coverage in this area.
Some boat insurances do not offer standard coverage when you go abroad, while on
the other hand it only costs extra money to take out insurance that does have a foreign
coverage, while you only intend to go to a local recreational lake to sail.

Prevention requirements

Sometimes insurance companies have certain prevention requirements that you as a
boat owner must take into account. This is especially the case when you insure your
boat against theft. Most boat insurances require preventive measures, such as the use
of an approved lock for your boat and/or outboard motor. So never just assume the theft
coverage, but always first read carefully in the policy conditions which preventive
measures are expected from you.

Service

Finally, it is not unimportant that you yourself have a good feeling with your new insurer.
We at DMW boat insurance think it is very important that our customers are satisfied.
Short lines, easy procedures, and clear communication are our three priorities with
which we want to keep our customers happy.

How long can I sail with an electric outboard motor?

One of the most frequently asked questions people have about an electric outboard motor or whisper motor is how long you can sail with it. You need to know two things to calculate this:

The amount of Ah (ampere hours) of the battery.
The amount of ampere that an engine pulls
Sailing time Formula
You can use the following formula to roughly calculate the sailing time.
Battery Ampere-hour (Ah) x 85%, divided by the amount of ampere that the motor pulls = sailing time in hours

How many Ampere hours (Ah) does the battery have?
A (sailing) battery has a capacity expressed in ampere hours (Ah). This is an indication of how long a battery can deliver an amount of ampere. The higher this number, the more energy a battery can hold and the longer it can drive an electric motor. For example, a 100 Ah battery can power an electric motor that pulls 25 Amps for 4 hours (25A * 4 hours = 100 Ah). If the engine were to pull 10A at a lower speed, the battery could be sailed for 10 hours.

In fact, the amount of Ah is the same as the size of a gas tank. The larger the gas tank, the more fuel can go in and the longer you can drive on it.

How many Amps does the electric motor draw?
How much power the motor draws is crucial to calculate the sailing time. Most manufacturers indicate with their product how much Ampère the electric outboard motor or whisper motor consumes nominal / average and maximum. If you have this information you can calculate how long you can sail for. The exact sailing time does depend on sailing conditions, type of boat etc.

To give an indication of the sailing time we give the following example:

A specific 30 lbs whisper motor has a nominal consumption of 15A and a maximum consumption of 30A. The motor is powered by a 105 Amp-hour battery. This means a sailing time of on average power 105/15 = 7 hours of sailing time. The maximum consumption (full throttle) is 105/30 = 3.5 hours.

How far can I empty a battery?
The best-selling batteries for electric boating are deep-cycling batteries. These can be sailed up to about 80%. So you have about 20% left over. If you go over this once it's not so bad. Completely draining your battery structurally ensures a greatly reduced battery life.

If you use such a battery, you should actually have 20% of the total amount of Ah. The sailing time in that case is therefore shorter than outlined above. See the example below:

You sail with a 30lbs whisper motor with a nominal consumption of 15A and a maximum consumption of 30A on a 105Ah deep cycle battery. The battery is discharged 80%. So there is 84 Ah left. Nominally you can therefore sail 84/15 = 5.6 hours. With maximum consumption you can sail 84/30 = 2.8 hours.

To extend the life of your battery, you must always recharge the battery after using your battery (within 24 hours). If you store your battery for a longer period of time, for example in the winter, make sure that the battery is fully charged.

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Weather conditions and sailing time
The weather conditions can have a major effect on the battery life and therefore the life. For example, a whisper motor that pulls 20 Amps to propel a boat forward under calm conditions, requires 30 Amps to get the boat forward under the same conditions and in heavier weather. If you regularly sail under more severe conditions, take this into account when choosing the right battery.

Extend battery life and sailing time
You can do a number of things to extend your sailing time with your whisper motor or electric outboard motor:

Gebruik een elektromotor met een traploze snelheidsregeling in plaats van een stappenschakelaar. Dit is bijvoorbeeld het verschil tussen de Minn Kota Endura C2 (stappenschakelaar) en de Minn Kota Endura MAX (traploos).
Koop een zwaardere motor op 24 volt (of zelfs 36 volt). Zulke motoren leveren een gelijke of hogere hoeveelheid stuwkracht tegenover een lager amperage. Als je echt lang wilt
Vaar uw accu niet helemaal leeg. Het is onverstandig om een accu helemaal leeg te varen. Hierdoor gaat de levensduur van de accu achteruit.
Vergeet de accu niet tijdens de winter. Het is erg slecht voor een accu om maandenlang ongeladen te zijn. Dit zal de levensduur sterk inkorten en de prestaties verminderen. De accu in ieder geval eens per maand aan de lader leggen of bij voorkeur de accu gewoon standaard aan een druppellader te leggen.
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Learn the basics of sailing

In this blog I will teach you the basic parts of sailing.

1. Types of boats

2. Parts

3. Rules

4. Prices

5. Windfalls

1. Types of boats

There are really super many types of sailing boats. The most important are: the falcon, the laser, optimist, 16 square, cooper, splash. tiara, and of course the catamaran.

2. Parts

I tell the parts of the laser bahia and the falcon.

The laser consists of the mainsail of course. That is the largest sail of the sailboat. You also have breeding, which is the smaller sail on the front of the boat. In the middle is the sword, which sits under the boat in the water. The sword makes you turn around less quickly. At the back of the boat is the helm, with which you steer the boat to port (left) or starboard (right). For the rest your boat consists of all kinds of lines, for example for hoisting. I explain those lines when rigging. These are the most important parts of the Bahia laser.

3. Rules

There are also rules on the water. There are 6 rules in total, if you know them you can safely go on the water.

a. Good seamanship

You must do everything to prevent a collision. Even if you see that someone is in need, you must help them. You must also ensure that you do not put them in trouble. If someone gives way to you or passes you, it's always nice to wave.

b. Small gives way to big

Small boats have to make way for large ships and professional ships. A boat is called large if it is longer than 15 meters. Those large boats are less likely to give way, they also often have a poor overview and cannot slow down easily.

c. Starboard ramp

This rule is very difficult for novice sailors, especially if your yacht is a tiara yacht.

You sail starboard as you follow the waterfront on the starboard side (right side) of the boat. Also when a boat sails in a fairway on the right you speak of starboard rampart. Boats that hold starboard ramps have priority over other boats that do not.

d. Motor gives way to muscle gives way to wind

Motor boats can easily give way, therefore a motor boat makes way for boats that run on muscle power and for sailing boats. Motor boats can even stand still or reverse and sail against the wind. Afterwards the muscle boats have to make way for sailboats, because muscle boats can also go against the wind and maneuver easier. So sailboats really only give way to other sailboats, professional ships and large boats. If a sailboat starts its engine, the boat belongs to the motorboats and must therefore also adhere to these rules.

e. Starboard gives way to port

When two sailing boats come together, the boat with the mainsail over starboard has to make way for the boat with the mainsail over port.

f. Loef gives way to slate

If two tiara boats for sale sail towards each other but both have the mainsail on the same side, the wind-boat must give way. The wind-boat is the boat that sails highest on the wind, so it is the most on the side where the wind comes from.

4. Prices

The rates are the directions in which you sail. I draw that in a diagram that you see in the picture below.

If you sail in the wind and the wind comes from the front, you stand still and your sails flapping.
If you sail on the wind, your sails will be as tight as possible. That way you go fast over the water.
At half wind your sails are loose but still in the boat. If you are sailing in a wide wind, your sails will be well off the boat.

And last but not least: in front of the wind the wind comes straight from behind and your sails are as loose as possible and as far as possible from the boat. If you sail exactly for the wind you can also put one sail on the left and the other sail on the right. This is called butterflies.

5. Windfalls

You can express the wind forces in three ways. In buttons, in Beaufort and in km / hour. In this picture you can read the wind forces in all ways.

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