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Explorer Going on an Expedition to the North Pole by Sailboat

Picture the North Pole. What does it look like in your mind? Ice as far as the eye can see? In the past, that is what the area ...
On August 8, 2017 / By Tatja Hopman
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Mayday On Passage from Mo’orea to Huahine

On July 23rd, at approximately 8pm, Danny and Belinda Govatos with four of their children aboard their 46′ Leopard catamaran hit an unmarked reef on the approaches to ...
On August 1, 2017 / By Tatja Hopman
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Navy Vessels Use Shipboard Signal Lamps for Text Messaging

The signal lamp aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout flashed fast light bursts to the USS Monterey, located pierside 250 feet away. Aboard the Monterey, a guided-missile cruiser, ...
On August 1, 2017 / By Administrator
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Solo Sailor Lisa Blair Completes Historic Antarctic Circumnavigation

Blair, 32, set off from Albany in Western Australia in January and is set to be named the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica solo. Blair was expected to ...
On August 1, 2017 / By Tatja Hopman
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Sound Signals in Restricted Visibility

Fog, mist, falling snow, heavy rainstorms, sandstorms or any other similar causes can make conditions that hamper visibility. Sound signals for vessels in restricted visibility, whether underway, at ...
On August 1, 2017 / By Tatja Hopman
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Handling Rough Conditions in Port

In this Practical Boat Owner article Rupert Holmes describes the course of action he pursued – and the lessons learned – when storm conditions threatened to cause damage to ...
On August 1, 2017 / By Tatja Hopman
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Salty Dawg Experiences in Cuba

Twenty three boats and one hundred and twenty four sailors participated in the epic 2017 Salty Dawg Rally to Cuba. As a tax-exempt private educational organization, the SDSA was ...
On August 1, 2017 / By Tatja Hopman
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Work on Erie Canal Began 200 Years Ago and Changed History

A few days after the first shovel was thrust into the central New York state dirt on July 4, 1817, to ceremoniously begin the building of the Erie ...
On July 26, 2017 / By Tatja Hopman
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What’s the Safest Way to Get From Tender to Yacht?

It’s difficult to see this for the fraught operation it can be. People falling into the water while stepping into or out of small, unstable boats, is an ...
On July 26, 2017 / By Tatja Hopman
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Freediver Captures Incredible Photos Exploring Sunken Ship

Sunken ships are usually best avoided, but freediver Adam Stern’s trip to a seabed wreckage proved to be a very worthwhile expedition. The 28-year-old Australian captured these spectacular ...
On July 26, 2017 / By Tatja Hopman