Electronics

Today’s multi-function displays (MFDs) do so much more than manage charts  (published April 2017) If the engine is the boat’s brawn, the multi-function display (MFD) is […]

Here are the modern tools that sailors use to signal distress at sea  (published February 2017) Last November, when the 57-foot cruising catamaran Leopard flipped over […]

Match your batteries to your needs and budget  (published November 2016) Among the cruising fleet of sailors, the topic of onboard energy is a constant staple […]

To be truly self-sufficient, a cruising boat needs to use solar, wind and water energy to top up the battery bank  (published November 2016) In the […]

(published November 2016) Whereas long-term cruisers develop various communication strategies over time, offshore communication has always been a challenge for occasional passagemakers trying to balance cost […]

After nine years at sea, we are proof that a cruising sailboat is a maintenance treadmill. But occasionally there is equipment we replace because newer, better […]

A tiny sailboat built by a high school senior from Waterford, CT has successfully traveled thousands of miles from the coast of Cape Cod across the Atlantic […]

Today’s sailor has a wide array of devices to call for help in an emergency  (published May 2016) Several years ago during the annual Fastnet Race […]

When you are off the grid long range communication gets more difficult. Sometimes the best solutions are different than you think they might be. Let’s go […]

Sometimes all the preparation of getting ready to go cruising makes my head hurt but never more so than when it came time to replace/upgrade our […]