SAILMENTOR

SailMentor

Learn

A reference companion to the museum — plant varieties, the pests and threats that challenge gardens, plant biology, and gardening terms. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.

Learning to Sail

The foundations of sailing — points of sail, tacking and gybing, sail trim, reefing, heaving to, and the man-overboard drill every crew must know.

13 entries

Boats & Rigs

Know your boat — hull and keel, mast and boom, mainsail, jib, and spinnaker, the rudder and centreboard, and how the rig comes together.

12 entries

Navigation & Weather

Finding your way and reading the sky — charts and compass, the sextant and GPS, dead reckoning, tides and currents, and the Beaufort scale.

14 entries

Seamanship & Safety

Staying safe afloat — anchoring and knots, life jackets and VHF radio, distress signals, capsize recovery, and handling heavy weather.

13 entries