Planning the antenna farm

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Sailors should consider a number of factors when selecting antenna towers or arches for their boats. These include installation costs, the size and weight of equipment to be mounted and the effects of mounted equipment on total windage and aft lateral wind plane area.

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It's knot what you know

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Instructions are presented on how to tie and use various types of knots, bends, hitches and splices. The seven essential knots for every sailor are the figure eight, square, bowline, half hitch, clove hitch, rolling hitch and eye splice over thimble.

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STAR systems

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Several tips on acquiring offshore sailing equipment are provided. This include equipment needed for collision prevention, such as water-tight compartments, radar detectors and bottom laminates.

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