The sails themselves tell the story: A double-reefed main and single-reefed foresail announce that the ship expects wind, lots of it. The 131-foot schooner Harvey Gamage, operated by Sailing Ships Maine, sails with 24 Naval Sea Cadets and a…
At first glance there is nothing that newsworthy about three old friends going cruising…
When I was preparing for navigation duties aboard Mikmaks, a 1984 Stevens 47, on the 2021 Transpac Race, celestial navigation was at the top of my mind.…
The following sounds like a fairy tale, but it isn’t. Peter Warner wasn’t happy. He’d cruised more than 2,000 nautical miles…
ANSWERS A. 23 hours, 25 minutes GMT B. Ho 84° 06.3’ C. Latitude 25° 20.7’ S
In the history of American sailing ships, there are few vessels that can compare with the disreputable story of the schooner Wanderer.…
The Johnsons — Irving and Exy — weren’t your average American married couple. The Johnsons completed seven circumnavigations beginning in the 1930s, all aboard boats named Yankee, with…
The 16-millimeter projector whirs, displaying a flickering, scratchy movie from 1957. It’s a gathering of suburbanites in a backyard, nothing…
There was a time not too long ago when I was a head magician of the local branch of the cult of celestial navigation; a…
Egersund, Norway – C-MAP®, a leader in digital marine cartography and cloud-based mapping, announced today the launch of new high-detail…
If you were stranded on a small atoll and needed a sextant for your rescue voyage, you’d have no choice but to make…
Recently, I completed an offshore trip that included periods of heavy weather. We were aboard Nostos, a 2001 Sabre 402, departed from Jamestown, RI on…
