Matthew Pellicer, Author at Pelican Sailing

The Vang Versus the Kicker

I always hear people mixing these two up as they tend to have the same function in most people’s minds. […]

No matter the course scheme you choose, the course you are doing, you will encounter a Man Overboard (MOB) exercise

You’ve seen pictures and videos of people out on a yacht for a week and you want to do the same.

As a professional sailor, I carry quite a lot of stuff with me from one boat to another. I could

I was hesitant, at first, to write about tying knots. I feel like knots are something to be practised and

My First Time Before making this passage, I read up quite a lot on it. There are plenty of blog

You’ve got on the boat, you see all these lines everywhere and now you need to make the boat go

There are many different schemes you can follow to get certified to be on the water. The three more internationally

Although I never wish to have to test this one in real conditions, I have been wearing my life jacket

Of the many different series of courses available around the world, the most recognized is the Royal Yachting Association’s learning