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Importance of safety gear

Importance of safety gear

Coast Guard shows the need for safety gear by sending fishing vessels back to port

Maserati New York - Lizard Point update

Maserati New York - Lizard Point update

Chances for the Maserati sailing team to beat previous transatlantic record slim

Monohull transatlantic attempt underway

Monohull transatlantic attempt underway

Giovanni Soldini and American Brad Van Liew are attempting to set the transatlantic monohull speed record on board the 70-footer Maserati

Solo sailor rounds the Americas

Solo sailor rounds the Americas

Solo sailor Matt Rutherford, sailing for Americans with disabilities, returned to Maryland in April following a solo, 27,000 miles nonstop circumnavigation of the Americas

How much water is on Earth?

How much water is on Earth?

If you put all the water on earth in one place, how big would it be?

Get a boat loan, help a tall ship

Get a boat loan, help a tall ship

BankNewport is pledging to donate funds to Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI), the foundation that is working to build a sail training vessel for Rhode Island.

New Coast Guard signaling device

New Coast Guard signaling device

Rather than fire M16 tracer rounds the Coast Guard is using a new shotgun based flash/bang round

Tracking data shows Ensenada racer ran aground

Tracking data shows Ensenada racer ran aground

SPOT satellite data shows the boat's course taking it directly onto the rocks.

Ensenada Race deaths remain a mystery

Ensenada Race deaths remain a mystery

Four sailors were killed and their sailboat destroyed while on the Newport/Ensenada Race

Panama Canal rates expected to rise

Panama Canal rates expected to rise

The Panama Canal Authority has approved a proposal to raise the toll rates on the canal

Rescue at sea raw video

Rescue at sea raw video

Coast Guard video of the rescue of two injured Clipper 11-12 Race sailors

Fascinating wind animation

Fascinating wind animation

A cool web site that shows National Weather Service wind data in animated form across the U.S. mainland.

Atlantic Cup aiming for carbon neutral status

Atlantic Cup aiming for carbon neutral status

According to race organizers the 2012 Atlantic Cup (Charleston/New York/Newport) will be run as the first carbon neutral sailing race.

Swedish sailor found off South Africa

Swedish sailor found off South Africa

A Swedish sailor who hadn't been heard from for more than 80 days was rescued yesterday in the Indian Ocean off South Africa by a Greek merchant ship

Solar vessel security in the Gulf of Aden

Solar vessel security in the Gulf of Aden

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Archive »Offshore Sailing

Swedish sailor found off South Africa

A Swedish sailor who hadn't been heard from for more than 80 days was rescued yesterday in the Indian Ocean off South Africa by a Greek merchant ship

Running rigging offshore

Most experienced voyagers have their own ideas about how to set up a boat for offshore work.

WildHorse beats to St. Maarten

Our destination, St. Maarten in the Leeward Islands, often was behind us as we battled to stay in control.

Ocean Classroom program receives sail training award

A voyaging sail inventory

The offshore sailor has a different set of sail inventory needs due to increased strain and due to a wider range of sailing conditions offshore.

Archive »Ocean Racing News

Atlantic Cup Leg 1 results

Atlantic Cup Leg 1 results

13 boats finish in a 6 hour span after 650 miles

Atlantic Cup Update

Atlantic Cup Update

Charleston to NYC leg is in progress- boats are about halfway

Global Ocean Race Leg 4 Recap and Leg 5 Preview

Global Ocean Race Leg 4 Recap and Leg 5 Preview

The completion of Leg 4 proved the resilience of the four teams racing in the GOR

Archive »Marine Weather

Lows and arrows

Lows and arrows

Many mariners are familiar with the surface weather charts from NOAA’s Ocean Prediction Center and make regular use of these charts to help make their weather-related voyaging decisions.

Coconut Milk Run weather

Coconut Milk Run weather

Crossing the Pacific Ocean even on the straightest path is a long voyage.

Christmas winds

Christmas winds

From early December through mid January, easterly trade winds become stronger and remain energetic for several days

Archive »Navigation & Communication

Professional radar, poor visibility

Professional radar, poor visibility

Voyagers usually over estimate big ships’ ability to detect recreational boats on radar

Voyaging communications report: Carina

Voyaging communications report: Carina

Efficient communications have been essential for the management of our cruise and to maintain our safety

Communications convergence

Communications convergence

Chartplotters have morphed into multifunction displays (MFDs) and become veritable command centers for the whole boat in a process called “convergence”