Ocean Navigator - September-October 2018

Nordhavn has delivered its first-ever 100-foot yacht.

For the first time in the competition’s four-year history, an all-female team has won the Race to Alaska.

Team Turn the Tide on Plastic finished last in the 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race, but its crew collected key scientific data during the grueling contest that provides a first-ever look at the scope of the ocean plastic pollution problem.

After an extremely busy 2017 hurricane season, which caused billions of dollars in damage and hundreds of deaths, forecasters agree the upcoming season will likely pack plenty of punch.

Frequent Ocean Navigator contributors Steve D’Antonio and Ralph Naranjo will be putting on a weekend workshop in Bellingham, Wash., for cruisers who want to learn more about a variety of technical skills that will prove invaluable while voyaging.

Voyagers depend on marine electronics more than ever.

There are two sides to the marine weather data equation: one is gathering data, and the other is disseminating that data to users.

Last year, we aborted our Pacific crossing, just two days in.

In our seven years of cruising, we have always been moving forward.

Sailing the Caribbean coast of Panama from Bocas del Toro to Colon was routine for John and Lucy Knape.

It’s safe to say that sailors dwell on safety equipment like they do fridges and bottom paint — not so much powerboaters, as I learned from my fellow judges at the 2018 Miami Boat Show NMMA Innovation Awards.

When you absolutely need it, there are few things as valuable as a personal floatation device.

Weather routing experts are a fairly exclusive bunch. It’s a profession that requires not only deep meteorological knowledge but also a knack for translating weather data into useable info for vessels at sea.