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Offshore Power Management For Cruising Boats

By Bob Williams How to build an energy system that is robust, reliable and up to the rigors of offshore sailing For the past 30 years we ...
On January 18, 2018 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
After Irma, What to Do with Orphaned Boats?

It has been four months since Hurricane Irma smashed into the Florida coast after thoroughly devastating islands in the Caribbean. Yet, harbors and marinas all around southern Florida ...
On January 18, 2018 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
Rescuers Remove 285 Feet Line from Whale’s Mouth Off Maui

We’ve had a run of whale stories in Cruising Compass. Last week we linked to a story about a whale in Tonga protecting a SCUBA diver from a ...
On January 18, 2018 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
Icy Photos Show Coast Guard, Freighters Pushing Through Great Lakes Freeze

For most northern boaters, this holiday season and early January will leave a lasting memory. Has it ever been so cold? Well, yes, but that doesn’t do much ...
On January 18, 2018 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
Water-Skiing Squirrel Performs During 2018 Toronto Int’l Boat Show

This is something you don’t see every day. But in Toronto this winter you could see little Twiggy doing his thing on a custom water skiing platform to ...
On January 18, 2018 / By George Day
Boat Reviews 0
The Real Meaning Of Gran Tourismo: The Elan GT5

Built in Slovenia, this new 40-foot Rob Humphries design brings the real meaning of “Gran Tourismo” to the yachting world It was a lovely, light air morning on ...
On January 10, 2018 / By George Day
For the Hungry Crew 0
Simple and Delicious Coffee Cake

When we are sharing an anchorage with a few other boats, people we know and people we don’t know, we like to invite them over for a cup ...
On January 10, 2018 / By George Day
Mindbender 0
Mindbender

What do you call the line with a compass value that you draw on a chart between your boat and a landmark, buoy or another boat.? Send ...
On January 10, 2018 / By George Day
Tech Talk 0
B&G introduces new Vulcan Chartplotters that are Radar-Enabled

B&G Vulcan Range Brings Dedicated Sailing Features and Radar to Club Racers and Cruisers in New 12- and 7-inch Models B&G, the world’s leading sailing navigation and instrument ...
On January 10, 2018 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
British Authorities Issue Urgent Safety Alert on Safety Tethers After Man Drowns

With he sad loss of a crew member last November from a Clipper Race boat, even though he was wearing his harness and had the tether clipped, in ...
On January 10, 2018 / By George Day