Caution Water - Into the Blue and Beyond!

Welcome to Caution Water

Welcome to Caution Water - Into the Blue! If you’re looking for a place to find information on sailing dinghies - then you’re in the right place. Eventually we'll be doing more than just dinghy sailing - surfing, kayaking, windsurfing, anything you can do in the water we’ll have here, but for now we're working on dinghy sailing.

Hoisting an Asymmetric Spinnaker

Posted in Techniques and Manoevres - 6/6/2009

Asymmetric spinnakers are easy to hoist, and require little messing around with poles - it's usually just a one or two line job to hoist!

Rigging an Asymmetric Spinnaker

Posted in Techniques and Manoevres - 6/6/2009

Asymmetric spinnakers are easier in all aspects than symmetric spinnakers, including when rigging, due to the lack of a spinnaker pole.

Introduction to Asymmetric Spinnakers

Posted in Techniques and Manoevres - 6/6/2009

Asymmetric spinnakers are easier to handle than their older counterpart, but they do require a different approach to sailing them.

Racing - Start Line Tactics

Posted in Racing - 4/6/2009

Whats the best way off the line? Which way do you go? Find out all this and more in our article on starting tactics.

Racing - Starting Signals

Posted in Racing - 20/4/2009

Wouldn't things be so simple if we all just lined up on the start line, someone blew a whistle, and we started? It would be fantastic! However, due to the way boats work, this can never happen. It's easy enough to get people lined up on a running track and send them on one signal, but it doesn't work so well with boats, water, and wind.

21/5/2009 - Neilson Teos Part 3

Check out the low down on our final few days at Teos with Neilson. Catamarans, Lasers, water-skiing, Laser SB3 races and collisions... Read More.

18/5/2009 - Neilson Teos Part 2

Part 2 of our Teos adventure gets a little bit windy, then a little bit sandy... Read More.

14/5/2009 - Neilson Teos Part 1

We've just got back from a fantastic week in Turkey, staying at the Club Teos with Neilson. We got up to loads, including sailing, diving, kayaking, water-skiing, mountain biking, and tennis. Carry on reading to find out more... Read More.

How do I get rid of these old stickers from a fibreglass transom ? by mces0421 - 5/13/2009 2:06:27 AM

What Class ?? by MartinH - 4/10/2009 4:07:27 PM

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- Spinnakers - Symmetric and asymmetric spinnaker articles will be hitting the site soon! Find out how to rig, hoist, fly and drop both types of spinnaker.

- Racing tactics - More racing tactics will be here soon, with starting signals the first over the line.

- Ratio Systems - Get the lowdown on how to crank up the power without having to build more muscle.

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- Topper Topaz Duo - I think that handicap's a bit steep! Puts it level with the Sport 16, it's more usually quoted around 1225 - the Tres seems to be 1175. Cheers, John - John Rolt

- Laser Stratos - Drojan, I think you're right on some of that - where we sailed it it was more setup for cruising (it didn't have the trapeze kit), and it was the first time we sailed it. We were up against people in mostly Lasers, RS 200s and RS400s, who were pretty familiar with their boats, on a small course which didn't help. - Richard

- Laser Stratos - You might have had a poorly set-up boat, or perhaps shot sails. This boat is a superb boat for longer sails and handicap racing. Even has a trapeze kit which gives an added dimension to the boat. - Drojan

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