Behan aboard Totem summarizes her passage routing strategy in this blog post. Very useful information from a seasoned cruiser. Efficient sailing is partly about sail trim and sail ...
On October 6, 2016 / By AdministratorThere have been many examples of yachts making landfall, sometimes to seek shelter, only to find themselves in graver danger on the harbor approach. In 2012, Australian Mini ...
On October 6, 2016 / By AdministratorIt is almost a generation since 1994, when GPS finally relegated celestial navigation to being just an intermittent, time consuming and relatively inaccurate backup method of position fixing. ...
On October 6, 2016 / By AdministratorThe yacht Northabout left Bristol, United Kingdom, in June and circled the North Pole in an anticlockwise direction. Its exit from Canada’s Lancaster Sound signaled the successful navigation ...
On September 29, 2016 / By AdministratorThe U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a British Columbia sailor last seen by a fellow mariner leaving Hilo, Hawaii, in his boat on Aug. 1. Lt. Donnie ...
On September 29, 2016 / By AdministratorThe sea is like a wet desert. There’s no food. There’s no shelter. Nothing to drink. In every direction, the view is the same: nothing. Plus, dangerous predators ...
On September 29, 2016 / By AdministratorThe skipper of a catamaran has been sentenced in Guadeloupe for attempting to transport fifteen illegals by boat from St. Lucia to St. Thomas in the US Virgin ...
On September 29, 2016 / By AdministratorBy Todd Duff I’m a former marine surveyor and a long-time cruiser who recently returned to the workforce as a yacht broker in the Caribbean and something quite ...
On September 29, 2016 / By AdministratorThe Team of Jack Martin & Associates and Pantaenius America are now proud co-sponsors of The Salty Dawg Sailing Association. Jack Martin & Associates and Pantaenius America are ...
On September 28, 2016 / By AdministratorAs any cruiser who has dogs aboard knows, if your canine crew member can’t use the doggie head, your travel plans can be very restricted. Not only can’t ...
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