Columns & Blogs

Cold weather sailing can be hard and dangerous. Or, it can be a rare pleasure.  (published December 2013) Christmas Eve. We had just tied up alongside […]

  How to use this popular GPS game to become a better navigator  (published November 2013) The hobby of geocaching has been popular for many years […]

Sailing to Bermuda isn’t always the easiest passage, and stopping there can have surprises of its own  (published November 2013) The delivery out of the BVI […]

The leaves turn color and drop. The Canada Geese head south. The warm allure of the tropics beckons. But getting there may or may not be […]

How to calculate the true wind and why it matters to sailors  (published September 2013) There are several ways to define the wind. For weather work […]

Hurricanes aren’t as entertaining in real life as they may appear on TV  (published September 2013) The warm September morning started out peacefully enough. As dawn […]

Thoughts after using SSB and satellite phones over thousands of miles at sea  (published August 2013) The SSB radio is a time-honored staple of long distance […]

There are as many ways to parse time as there are readers of this article, but there is more to a watch schedule than time  (published […]

How to obtain weather information by satellite phone  (published July 2013) As satellite phones become commonplace for today’s blue water sailors, the question is, what services […]

Lightning, electrical failure, computer crashes all happen on a whim of the gods. Safety and lives may hang in the balance and navigation’s basics can tilt […]