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The global coronavirus pandemic has affected all of our lives in countless ways, and ocean voyagers are no exception.
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The global coronavirus pandemic has affected all of our lives in countless ways, and ocean voyagers are no exception.
The quarantine flag gives us time to reset and appreciate time in boats
New series of video interviews with globe girdling sailors
Even amid the COVID crisis, buoys and lights are still maintained to keep shipping lanes navigable
A flash of white light broke the darkness as Saltaire motor-bashed into a light gale late one night in the Bay of Panama.
A voyager looks at the value of a home port in times of crisis
In his latest video, voyager Patrick Childress repairs a fleet of hull blisters
Investigation of an unregistered beacon hit reveals only a debris field
Since emergency position indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) made their debut as an aid for tracking crashed U.S. military aircraft in the 1950s, this technology has steadily evolved into more compact, highly accurate, life-saving devices priced well within the budget of any serious cruising sailor.
An app from OCENs takes the Husick award for making email via satellite easy
Every year Ocean Navigator gives the Chuck Husick Marine Technology Award to an innovative marine product that makes voyaging better and easier. Chuck was an esteemed writer and contributing editor for Ocean Navigator who made a big impact on the marine…
The race to combine a wide assortment of technology in small, hand-held wearable devices has recently yielded a new animal: the GPS-capable smartwatch.
Liveaboard voyagers give us some ideas on keeping a boat bottom clean in this latest video
Departure decisions were simpler long ago
In this video voyagers review what to do after an encounter with a whale
Sailor Randall Reeves has traced a huge figure eight in the world's oceans in a single year
AIS, GPS and a VHF radio with DSC are all must-haves on the modern cruising yacht. Now imagine having all of these features in one device.
The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season has been rather active so far, and the historic peak of the season, which is Sept. 10, is two weeks in the rear-view mirror at the time of this newsletter.
Setting straight a photo misuse and correcting a false implication
Newly formed Collegiate Offshore Sailing Circuit offers Figaro 2 boats to college sailing teams
To avoid flying Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg will take race boat across Atlantic
Challenges face effort to return Falls of Clyde to Glasgow, Scotland
Traditional depth sounders seem to get short shrift in dockside conversation these days, owing of course to the proliferation of multifunction chartplotters and the array of information they offer to cruisers with fingertip ease.