Sailing Tips: Regular inspection of your rig, the deck of your boat, and other mechanical connections can alert you to problems before they’re catastrophic. We’ve found bolts and split rings on the deck that alerted us to situations that could have been worse if we hadn’t discovered them when we did. The first one was the outhaul on the mainsail becoming disconnected and the second was our radar dome coming loose from its mount. Both happened after multiple days of rough sailing. We’ve also had