Articles written and published by HSH Yacht Sales Principal, Jeremy R. Hood

[Harvest Moon Notes 2009]
[Does your boat suffer from deviation?]
[Radar]
[Be prepared]
[Float plans]
[Heavy weather]
[Traffic Separation Schemes]
[Navigation from Clear Lake to Galveston]
[Safety Equipment for Coastal Passage-making]
[5 Important skills to master when learning to sail]
[Getting off a dock against the wind]
[Do you alwayswear a safety harness at night?]
[Where to anchor?]
[On-deck preparations for passage-making]
[The wrong side of the track]
[6 Gulf Passages: the lessons learned]
[Maneuvering under power]
[Sound Signals]
[Making landfall at night]
[Going aground and getting off]
[Reading the wind]
[Making a slip-up]
[Cardinal Marks]
[Reefing]
[Fitting-out yourself for offshore sailing]
[steering a boat without a rudder]
[Do you rely on your GPS?]
[Knots]
[Seasickness]
[Melos isreadied for her second Atlantic crossing]
[Navigating the Intracoastal waterway (ICW)]
[Dipping distances and vertical sextant angles]
[Dock lines]
[Keeping a ships log]
[Where isthe current taking you?]
[roller furling head sails]
[Making decisions is not always easy]
[Being a skipper is not always easy]
[Spinnakers]
[A case against fully-battened mainsails]
[What to do when your engine dies]
[How high are the seas?]
[It's how well it's done that really counts]
[The 1994 Harvest Moon Regatta]
[Oh no! My boat's got blisters!]
[Compass deviation]
[How your diesel engine works]
[Diesel engines: repair and maintenance]
[Navigational charts]
[Outboard engines]
[VHF Radio]
[What are all those lines for?]
[Your position from three bearings]
[Safety at Sea Seminar 2003]
[Vera Cruz 2004]
[Ugrading your boat]
[Preparing to sell your boat]
[Top 10 Reasons to buy your boat from HSH]
[Seabrook hurricane prep]