• Home
  • Cruising Compass Media Advertising & Rates
  • Blue Water Sailing
  • Multihulls Today
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe Today
Cruising Compass
Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0

Using the Engine and Sails Together

By Sandy Parks · On October 5, 2023

(Practical Boat Owner) – Whichever is providing most of the propulsion, it’s the combination of sails and engine that often produces the results when either alone simply wouldn’t.
The trick is knowing how to make motor sailing work most effectively; whether it’s worth hoisting the mainsail or unrolling the headsail if you’ve just been using the engine. Read more.

 

Share Tweet

Sandy Parks

You Might Also Like

  • Boat Rat's Tip of the Week

    Solo Sailor Shares Modifications that Make His Boat Safer and Easier to Sail

  • Boat Rat's Tip of the Week

    Refitting in Trinidad

  • Boat Rat's Tip of the Week

    Problems with Paint Application Q & A

Recent Posts

  • Mindbender

    March 12, 2026
  • Survey of the Week

    March 12, 2026
  • Update on Indian Ocean Crossings This Spring

    March 11, 2026

Please Visit Our Sponsor’s Webpages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Home
  • Media Advertising & Rates
  • Blue Water Sailing
  • Multihulls Today
  • Archives
  • Contact Us

Published by Blue Water Sailing Media, a division of Day Communications, Inc., Middletown, RI

Publisher & Editor: George Day

Blue Water Sailing Media publishes Blue Water Sailing magazine, Multihulls Today and other titles.

Cruising Compass Advertising Sales:

George Day, Newport, RI
george@bwsailing.com
401-847-7612

 

Recent Posts

  • Mindbender
  • Survey of the Week
  • Update on Indian Ocean Crossings This Spring
  • Survey of the Week
  • Mindbender
  • Cruising in the Time of War
  • Survey of the Week

Search

© 2014 Blue Water Media. All rights reserved. | Admin