Voyaging with Velella: On night sailing

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2:00 AM Fri 24 Dec 2010 GMT

'Velella - sailing at night can be blissful' . Click Here to view large photo

One of the most frequent questions asked by non-sailors or day-sailors about long range cruising is how one copes with the night. A reader has asked American Sailing Association (ASA) writer-at-large Meghan Cleary just such a question, and Meghan here answers. (Meghan is on a nine-month cruise in the tropics on sv Velella.) On night-sailing, reader Louis asked: 'Do you simply heave to, use a sea anchor, or are basic mooring lights sufficient?' The winter solstice receives much-deserved celebration from cruising sailors. Finally, our chilly night watches start shrinking as the warm sunny hours push them out minute by minute over the ...

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by Meghan Cleary, American Sailing Association

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