electronics

Today’s multi-function displays (MFDs) do so much more than manage charts  (published April 2017) If the engine is the boat’s brawn, the multi-function display (MFD) is […]

(published November 2016) Whereas long-term cruisers develop various communication strategies over time, offshore communication has always been a challenge for occasional passagemakers trying to balance cost […]

Sometimes all the preparation of getting ready to go cruising makes my head hurt but never more so than when it came time to replace/upgrade our […]

Some 350 boats sailed in last fall’s rallies and most of them used advanced navigation and routing systems  (published January 2016) Last November, I was lucky […]

Whether racing offshore or cruising, taking stock of a “safety equipment requirements and recommendations” list will show you what safety gear you have, but more importantly, […]

Five ways to make the signal you transmit from your SSB clearer and more reliable  (published February 2015) We were on a passage from the Canary […]

For offshore sailors, here are three modern communication solutions for three different budgets  (published February 2015) Skippers and their crews headed offshore should take their onboard […]

What the grounding of the Team Vestas Wind boat in the Volvo Ocean Race reminds us about our own navigation  (published January 2015) We have long […]

How we assissted, purchased and upgraded our electronics with the past, present and future in mind  (published January 2015) After three and a half years in […]

(published May 2014) The Universal Shipborne Automatic Identification System (AIS) that was put into action in 2002 by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), mandated that commercial […]