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The Difference Between a Legal Boat and an Offshore-Ready Boat

2

Making, Storing and Using Power: See What Your Boat’s Really Doing

3

When Nautical Terms Need a Translator

4

Bucket list destinations

5

Line of sight navigation

6

Seamanship 101

7

5 Essentials for Shared Boat Ownership

8

T.R.I.P. – Share Your Plan Before You Go

9

Take a Break from the Screen, Not from Seamanship

10

Man Overboard

11

Clothing for offshore boating

12

Croatia Charter Holidays

13

Getting started with night navigation

14

Top Tips for upgrading navigation and communication equipment

15

If Not Now, Then When?

16

Must-Have Tools for Fixing Common Issues at Sea

17

Buying A Boat

18

Bareboat Charter Holidays

19

The Dinghy Episode

20

Avoiding Seasickness

21

Don't Miss The Best Bits!

22

Boat Handling Made Easy

23

The Ocean Is The Language Of Us All

24

Perfect 10 - Days Afloat

25

Your next big adventure

26

Digital First Navigation

27

The path to your ultimate boating experience

28

Communication Equipment: Prepared for When You Need It

29

Electronic Navigation Skills

30

I wish I knew then what I know now

31

Celebrating Being Afloat

32

Seamanship Toolbox

33

Exploring Weather Models and Observations with Nick Olson from Predict Wind

34

Essential MMSI information with Linda Berryman from AMSA

35

Advancements in Marine Safety: A Discussion with Linda Berryman from AMSA

36

Are you missing a trick?

37

Turning a problem into an opportunity

38

Your Boating Kit Bag

39

Dynamic Passage Planning

40

What are your options for reporting your position?

41

Leave Your Comfort Zone

42

Prepare yourself for the voyage of a lifetime with John Hembrow - founder of the Down Under Rally

43

A change is as good as a holiday

44

Make tide your friend

45

Boarding options for your boating

46

Interview with David Hows of Ocean Sailing Expeditions and Podcast

47

Marine Electronics

48

Toys for your boat

49

5 ideas to simplify your boat

50

Covers and Canvas - Protecting your boat and crew

51

Setting up and using an EPIRB

52

Boating Holidays - How to make them awesome

53

Taking a break during a passage

54

Qualifications for Teenagers and Young Adults

55

Junction from coastal cruising to pilotage

56

Sea Berths

57

Stop > Think > Act

58

Managing engine failure

59

Your first overnight passage

60

Don't get penned in - Is a marina berth or swing mooring going to be the best for you?

61

Setting up for a successful passage

62

The first year of boat ownership

63

Mayday Mayday Mayday

64

Navigation - Where are you?

65

Is it time to make a plan?

66

Keep It Simple Skipper!

67

Accelerate your skill development

68

Planning your first Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

69

Self Sufficiency for blue water cruising

70

Perishable knowledge

71

Sustainable boating - With Kate Fortnam

72

RYA Day Skipper and the ICC explained

73

Learning your boats engine systems

74

Identifying and avoiding vessels at night

75

Shortening your sails when sailing downwind

76

Getting more life and value from your sails

77

Sea Survival Training

78

Understanding Insurance for Blue Water Sailing

79

Putting 'why' into your weather predictions...

80

Taking others on your boating journey...

81

Tweaking and modifying your boat

82

Understanding everything you have onboard your boat!

83

Which mainsail setup is best for you?

84

Master your VHF Radio

85

Preparing food on passage!

86

Firefighter Family Day

87

Using instruments for passage making

88

Unscheduled Man Overboard drills!

89

Understanding your through hull fittings!

90

Your boat's 'value add' to your lifestyle!

91

The upskilling pop quiz!

92

Master your mooring lines!

93

Turning in confined spaces

94

Get to know your bilge system...

95

Top tips for marine toilets!

96

Expand your comfort zone!

97

Getting kids into sailing!

98

Should you join a club?

99

Putting your boat to work!

100

Choosing the right sail plan for your boat