Pilotage, Navigation and Boat Handing
Use of VHF and AIS: MCA Guidance Note 324
Guidance on the Use Of VHF Radio and Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) at Sea
Ted Evans, Commodore of Woodbridge Cruising Club, has reviewed MCA Guidance Note 324 and summarized its content with emphaisis on the cruising sailor. Story includes a link to full MCA Guidance Note.
Sailing in the Netherlands
By Richard Sampson
(with amendments for 2004 by Ted & Diana Evans)
This article is compiled from logs, notes and experience of sailing from the Harwich area to and in Holland over the period 1979 to 2003, the earlier voyages being in Norina, a 23 ft Seamaster Sailer with only a 7 HP engine, and in and after 1986 in Bellatrix, a Westerly Konsort Duo, a motor sailer which initially had a Volvo 28HP engine, and later a Nannie 29HP one. Norina could never be persuaded to do much more than 4 knots, whereas Bellatrix will do over 7, if persuaded properly.
Notes for Talk: Ragged Robin Discovers Friesland
Details on entry requirements, charts, equipment, distances, mooring choices etc., by Ted Evans
This article references waypoint files from the Waypoints Page.
Members favourite anchorages
The aim of Members' Anchorage Notes is to share the experience of club members
in anchoring to encourage those who perhaps anchor off less often than they would
like to gain the confidence to do so more often. There are currently about 17 anchroages
featured. This picture was taken approaching Īles Saint-Marcouf, one of the anchorages.
(The captions are readable in the full size version)
"Boxes and Lockses"
A distillation of Ted & Diana Evans' experiences, gained over several cruises on the Dutch and Danish rivers and canals, of mooring in "Boxes" and tying up in locks. Practical and detailed directions and hints.
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