A curated collection of seamanship insights, route planning frameworks, weather pattern analysis, and reflective essays on sailing as experience. Drawn from real Adriatic passages.
This is not a blog. Each article is written with the same discipline applied to preparing Angelique for sea, methodically, honestly, and only when there is something worth saying.
Knowledge BaseContent is organised into thematic clusters, each building toward a deeper understanding of sailing the Adriatic, from practical seamanship to the less tangible qualities of time spent at sea.
Practical sailing knowledge, manoeuvres, anchoring technique, and decision-making at sea. For sailors who want to understand the reasoning behind the procedure.
View articles →How to design sailing routes in the Adriatic: turning-point logic, realistic distance planning, and building weather flexibility into an itinerary.
View articles →Understanding Bora, Jugo, Maestral, and the regional meteorology that shapes Adriatic sailing. Reading the sea before reading the forecast.
View articles →Navigation systems, radar use, AIS, energy autonomy, and modern yacht systems. Technology in the service of seamanship.
View articles →Preventive maintenance philosophy and the mechanical realities of keeping a yacht ready for sea. Written from an owner's perspective, not a manual's.
View articles →Reflections on sailing as experience, on time and distance, and on what the sea reveals that ordinary circumstances conceal.
View articles →Technical documentation, onboard systems, operating guidance, and vessel-specific seamanship for Sailvoy's Dufour 470. Written for skippers and curious crew.
View vessel docs →These articles document Angelique's systems, configuration, and operating logic. They exist for two reasons: operational transparency for crews sailing with Sailvoy, and a record of the thinking that went into preparing the yacht for sea.
Each piece is written with the same precision applied to the yacht itself: nothing left ambiguous, nothing overclaimed.
Explore Vessel KnowledgeNot every lesson from sailing is nautical. Some of the most useful observations happen to take place at sea.