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Ocean Navigator
Stay Connected
Satellite phones have evolved a full ecosystem of gear and services
9 min |
July - August 2021
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Respecting Paradise
Thoughts on voyaging responsibly
6 min |
July - August 2021
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Yankee sails on
The steel ketch Yankee in the Connecticut River.
3 min |
July - August 2021
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TRANSPAC RACE PREP
How a group of determined mostly military veterans built a race team
7 min |
July - August 2021
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NOAA upgrades its global weather model
More data and a better global weather model should make for improved weather distributed to users, like this temperature gradient map.
3 min |
July - August 2021
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From North Sea fishing to Sea of Cortez voyaging
The former Dutch fishing vessel turned power voyaging yacht Varnebank in Mexican waters.
4 min |
July - August 2021
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Chatter Chartroom
IN 2019, MY HUSBAND, DOUG PASNIK, AND I RACED OUR first Transpac together with a team of 10 on our Andrews 70, Trader, comprised primarily of military veterans (see story on page 22). This year we are doing the race again and inviting four mentees from The Magenta Project to race with us.
7 min |
July - August 2021
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Doing it all with one screen
The steering station on this Gunboat cat is equipped with large-screen B&G Zeus MFDs.
8 min |
May - June 2021
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Don't scrimp when it comes to the crimp
Solid crimp connections make your power voyager’s electrical system more reliable.
5 min |
May - June 2021
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Chartroom Chatter
Maritime Publishing acquires Ocean Navigator
7 min |
May - June 2021
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The oral surgeon's masterpiece
Carastee was a L. Francis Herreshoff design similar to this Herreshoff ketch with its graceful sheer.
2 min |
May - June 2021
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Protecting your boat from overcharging
A properly set up system can prevent damage to electrical components possible with LiFePO4 batteries
8 min |
May - June 2021
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No. 18665 is the first to go
In the phase out of paper charts, the NOAA chart of Lake Tahoe will be the first to disappear.
3 min |
May - June 2021
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Two dismastings dodged
Mast and rigging problems bedevil a Pacific voyager in harbor and at sea
6 min |
May - June 2021
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Light in a pinch
In emergency lighting situations, more light is always better
10+ min |
January- February 2021
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Terra Nova and Scott of the Antarctic
The barque Terra Nova was specially reinforced for working in polar sea ice
2 min |
January- February 2021
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Snagged anchors and empty gas bottles
Mishaps on a mid-Med adventure
10+ min |
January- February 2021
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Reports of aggressive killer whales
Orcas have reportedly attacked sailboats recently off Spain and
3 min |
January- February 2021
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Prized pilothouse possessions
The pilothouse is the nerve center of a power voyagig vessel like this Selene 43 in the Bahamas.
5 min |
January- February 2021
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It's not easy being green
Dealing with the scourge of seasickness
6 min |
January- February 2021
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Fatal dive boat fire attributed to operator's oversight failures
The dive boat Conception on fire off Santa Cruz island in California.
3 min |
January- February 2021
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Drama in the Vendee Globe solo world race
Alex Thomson’s IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss at the start of the 2020 Vendee Globe Race.
2 min |
January- February 2021
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A circumnavigator's favorite ocean films
A still from the documentary Maiden, which tells the story of the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989-90.
5 min |
January- February 2021
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Upgrading batteries
Treating batteries as a system works best
10 min |
November - December 2020
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Jolie Brise rescues Adriana
Jolie Brise, which is roughly translated as “nice breeze,” is perhaps one of the most famous yachts of the 20th century; more than 100 years after her launch, the vessel is still plying the waters of the Atlantic.
2 min |
November - December 2020
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Tuna 101: A Primer for Voyaging Sailors
Catching, cleaning and eating tuna at sea
7 min |
November - December 2020
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Very Helpful Feature - VHF radio
With all of the savvy technology that exists on boats today, it is easy to overlook that the most reliable communication tool on your vessel is your VHF radio.
6 min |
November - December 2020
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Solo rower breaks ocean record
Power voyagers have engines, sailors have the wind and ocean rowers have … muscles.
1 min |
November - December 2020
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Battery survey
We asked a group of voyagers about their vessel’s batteries and their future battery plans
10+ min |
November - December 2020
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Into the Denmark Strait
A bristlingly cold gale whipped across the silvery North Atlantic and up the narrow fjord.
10 min |