January 2005

Living Aboard: Coming home
Readjusting to land-based life after a two-and-a-half year circumavigation

Passage Planning: U.S. East Coast to the Caribbean
How to improve the likelyhood of having an enjoyable trip south

Classic Passages: Island and ice
The voyage from New Zealand to Chilean Patagonia

Destinations: Upriver in The Gambia
This tiny African conuntry offers an unforgetable preface to an Atlantic crossing

Hurricane Season of 2004: Surviving Ivan et al
The aftermath of a record-breaking series of storms

Blue Water Boats: Pacific Seacraft 31
The return of an old friend

Special Report: Navigation & Communications
Electronic navigation software update
Receiving and evaluating weather data
E-mail from the high seas
Network solutions