{"id":3584,"date":"2026-05-22T11:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/?page_id=3584"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:39:11","slug":"hints-and-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/hints-and-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Hints and Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The cockpit table (and other things)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Big boats have cockpit tables. The perceived wisdom is that small boats don&#8217;t have room for them &#8211; until you start to think laterally&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/the-cockpit-table-and-other-things\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/the-cockpit-table-and-other-things\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Octopus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fed up with all those bits of string in a tangle? What you need is The Octopus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/the-octopus\">https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/the-octopus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Anchor Wars<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After trying many other types, I now have a Spade anchor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/anchor-wars\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/anchor-wars<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Hydrovane<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In my view, the best windvane self-steering on the market<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/the-hydrovane-hawkins\">https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/the-hydrovane-hawkins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cockpit table (and other things) Big boats have cockpit tables. The perceived wisdom is that small boats don&#8217;t have room for them &#8211; until you start to think laterally&#8230;. https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/the-cockpit-table-and-other-things\/ The Octopus Fed up with all those bits of string in a tangle? What you need is The Octopus. https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/the-octopus Anchor Wars After trying &#8230; <a title=\"Hints and Tips\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/hints-and-tips\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hints and Tips\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3584","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3584"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3811,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3584\/revisions\/3811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}