July/August Issue 263: Mid-ocean plague ship disaster
As we experience the disjointing of our lives during this pandemic, it is useful to put it in historical perspective.
Geographic range of a light
Lighthouse visibility is available on charts, both paper and digital, and is stated in terms of nominal range.
Celestial navigation series, part 12
In this installment, we’ll discover moon sights and how they add a useful celestial body to your arsenal. We will also look at how to use celestial navigation techniques to determine your vessel’s compass deviation.
May/June Issue 262: November shakedown to Bermuda
It was cold on the morning of Nov. 20, 2019, when Dan Torchio and his crew of two slipped the lines off Rhapsody, a Passport 47 aft cockpit cutter, departing the safe confines of Greenport, N.Y.
Celestial navigation series, part 11
In this installment, we’ll cover how to reduce a noon sight and also how to get latitude by shooting Polaris, the pole star.
March/April Issue 260: Schooner Adix
Residents of Greenport, N.Y., a small maritime village on the northeast end of Long Island, have been watching all sorts of sailing ships come and go over the past couple hundred years.
Celestial navigation series, part 10
In this installment, we’ll cover how to reduce a planet sight; we’ll include a step-by-step breakdown of how to reduce star and planet sights, and we will also include a star sight problem to solve as a way to review what you learned in the last installment.
Review problem: Star sight
In this problem, you'll need to reduce the sight and plot the LP.
January/February Issue 259: Santa Maria
In its day — more than 500 years ago — the nao (ship) Santa Maria embodied a sailing design that was as modern then as the fastest-designed sailboats are today.
Celestial navigation series, part nine
In this installment, we’ll cover how to reduce a star sight and how to use HO 249 Vol. 1 to precalcuate what stars will be available.
November/December Issue 258: Schooner Roseway
Although it fished on the Grand Banks, still holding the record of catching 74 swordfish in one day — with harpoon — the schooner Roseway wasn’t built as a commercial vessel.
Celestial navigation series, part eight
In this installment, we’ll cover running fixes and the hierarchy of positions from dead reckoning position to multiple simultaneous lines of position fixes.
