Over the years, after lectures or seminars on offshore sailing that I have given, the most common question from the audience is “What was the scariest […]
Dangerous Encounters with Ships at Sea
Vesper Launches Cortex AIS Multitasking Capability
Vesper produces one of the most sophisticated AIS devices on the market that can be integrated with most MFD/GPS systems. Recently, the New Zealand-based company introduced […]
Emergency Signaling Devices
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 […]
Integrated Nav Systems for Passagemaking
Some 350 boats sailed in last fall’s rallies and most of them used advanced navigation and routing systems (published January 2016) Last November, I was lucky […]
AIS for Cruisers
(published May 2014) The Universal Shipborne Automatic Identification System (AIS) that was put into action in 2002 by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), mandated that commercial […]