Travel
Ocean Navigator
Worst Gear Breakdowns
Adrift in the Indian Ocean and stuck in the Panama Canal
10+ min |
November/December 2019
Ocean Navigator
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.
2 min |
November/December 2019
Ocean Navigator
Safety Rests On Preparation
Two retired medical personnel respond to a carbon monoxide emergency on a nearby boat
9 min |
September/October 2019
Ocean Navigator
Rogue AIS Units
An AIS display showing an area of Chinese waters. With the proliferation of AIS returns, any noncompliant AIS units could cause potentially dangerous confusion.
3 min |
September/October 2019
Ocean Navigator
Prop shaft Alignment
Poor propeller shaft alignment can lead to excessive shaft drag as well as accelerated bearing and shaft wear.
6 min |
September/October 2019
Ocean Navigator
Bluewater Gear
In the spring of 2015, Robin Urquhart and Fiona McGlynn left their home port of Vancouver aboard MonArk, their 1979 Dufour 35.
6 min |
Ocean Voyager 2017
Ocean Navigator
The cut-off low
How these weather features form and how to recognize them
5 min |
Ocean Voyager 2017
Ocean Navigator
Emergency signals
Pyrotechnic flares still widely used but electronic device use is growing
6 min |
Ocean Voyager 2017
Ocean Navigator
Under Power In The Frozen North
A one-month circumnavigation of the Svalbard archipelago.
10 min |
January/February 2017
Ocean Navigator
Staying On Course With Wi-Fi
The boat as wireless network had arrived for the voyager.
8 min |
January/February 2017
Ocean Navigator
Are You Over-Propped?
Robin Urguhart's Dufour 35 Monark being hauled out allowed easy access to the propeller.
8 min |
January/February 2017
Ocean Navigator
Safety Minimums?
This Kadey Krogen trawler is well designed for voyaging but how well equipped is it with safety gear?
6 min |
November/December 2017
Ocean Navigator
What Is The ITCZ And Why Does It Matter?
What Is The ITCZ And Why Does It Matter?
7 min |
November/December 2017
Ocean Navigator
Move Over, Lead Acid
Move Over, Lead Acid
4 min |
November/December 2017
Ocean Navigator
Two New Records Set During 2017 Transpac
Two New Records Set During 2017 Transpac
2 min |
November/December 2017
Ocean Navigator
Venerable Voyaging Boat Sinks At The Start
Editor’s note: Contributing editor Eric Forsyth has won the CCA’s Blue Water Medal and sailed more than 200,000 miles, but he sometimes has to scramble like any other voyager when things go wrong. Here he relates the unexpected outcome after the launch of his Westsail 42 Fiona.
2 min |
November/December 2017
Ocean Navigator
Human Magnetoreception
Human Magnetoreception
3 min |
November/December 2017
ocean navigator
newport-bermuda race results
above the crew of spirit of bermuda, winners of the spirit of tradition award for the 2016 newsport bermuda race. right, the seven young sailors from high noon from american yacht club with bermuda governor george fergusson.
3 min |
september/october 2016
ocean navigator
two suppliers of email via satellite
the optimizer and xgate can use satcom to get email. the optimizer is also a wi-fi router allowing tablets to connect, right.
3 min |
september/october 2016
ocean navigator
reliable wi-fi getting easier to find for a price
with free wireless long gone, voyagers need a different approach to connectivity.
4 min |
january/february 2017
ocean navigator
catastrophe at sea
a nighttime collision off thailand
10+ min |
september/october 2016
Ocean Navigator
Chartroom Chatter
Voyaging power innovator Dave Smead remembered.
3 min |
March/April 2018
Ocean Navigator
Protest Overshadows New Sydney-Hobart Records
WILD OATS XI SET A NEW COURSE RECORD IN THE 73RD running of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart race, knocking nearly five hours off the previous mark. But the skipper and crew aboard the supermaxi barely had time to celebrate the win.
2 min |
March/April 2018
Ocean Navigator
Across The Skagerrak
Power cruising Norway’s fjord coast
10+ min |
November/December 2017
Ocean Navigator
The Future Of Networking?
The Future Of Networking?
5 min |
November/December 2017
Ocean Navigator
A Ferrocement Schooner
The Ferro-cement schooner Rachel and Ebenezer in the Caribbean in 1981.
2 min |
November/December 2017
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sailcloth diversity
voyaging sailboats moving beyond dacron
6 min |