Stay Connected

Satellite phones have evolved a full ecosystem of gear and services

Respecting Paradise

Thoughts on voyaging responsibly

Yankee sails on

The steel ketch Yankee in the Connecticut River.

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.

Doing it all with one screen

The steering station on this Gunboat cat is equipped with large-screen B&G Zeus MFDs.

Don't scrimp when it comes to the crimp

Solid crimp connections make your power voyager’s electrical system more reliable.

Chartroom Chatter

Maritime Publishing acquires Ocean Navigator

The oral surgeon's masterpiece

Carastee was a L. Francis Herreshoff design similar to this Herreshoff ketch with its graceful sheer.

Protecting your boat from overcharging

A properly set up system can prevent damage to electrical components possible with LiFePO4 batteries

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.

Terra Nova and Scott of the Antarctic

The barque Terra Nova was specially reinforced for working in polar sea ice

Snagged anchors and empty gas bottles

Mishaps on a mid-Med adventure

Reports of aggressive killer whales

Orcas have reportedly attacked sailboats recently off Spain and

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.

Tuna 101: A Primer for Voyaging Sailors

Catching, cleaning and eating tuna at sea

Solo rower breaks ocean record

Power voyagers have engines, sailors have the wind and ocean rowers have … muscles.

Battery survey

We asked a group of voyagers about their vessel’s batteries and their future battery plans

Into the Denmark Strait

A bristlingly cold gale whipped across the silvery North Atlantic and up the narrow fjord.

Instrumentless circumnavigator passes

MARVIN CREAMER, A sailor who PerforMed a seemingly miraculous circumnavigation in the mid-1980s, has crossed the bar for the last time.

During a pandemic, flexibility is key

The wheelhouse was scattered with guidebooks extolling the virtues and sites to behold in and around the Baltic — fjords in Sweden and Norway, Danish in Denmark, history-laden Poland, and enough lager to sink a barge in Germany.

A cultural and visual spectacle

Sailing a multihull through western Cuba

Radar advances

Marine electronics companies continue to make impressive technical strides in a variety of areas.

Winds of change

AS OUR WORLD STUMBLES THROUGH THIS PAINFUL AND unprecedented time, with businesses and schools closed, boat shows canceled and so many of us compelled to shelter in place, it’s frustrating to think that even our boats can only provide limited respite from the draconian restrictions of the pandemic.

The eye of the butterfly

The difference between the tropical cyclone and mid-latitude cyclone

The rebuilding of Golden Rule, the first protest boat

It’s a misty day in the photo and the sand is brownish gray, setting off the white paint of the derelict hull as if the boat were lit by a ray of sunshine.

Securing for sea

Attaching gear to lifelines and stanchions is generally not wise and sometimes dangerous.

10 tools cruising sailors bring to the stay-at-home table

On March 19, as Jon and I finished setting the hook in Corong Corong Bay, Palawan, we were approached by the Philippine coast guard and told to leave. The enhanced community quarantine was newly in effect, and we were unwelcome.

Satcom for the sailor

When long-range cruising, it’s nice to get away from it all — but some of us still must remain connected. We are spoiled on land with Internet access at speeds of 300 Mbps for prices as low as $50 a month. The same speed at sea may cost you $50,000. Therein lies the challenge: How can we surf the Internet at sea without blowing the entire communications budget?

How we found the right boat

My wife, Clarice, and I talked about living aboard a boat for years before we made the plunge. Here are some of the considerations we worked through.

Stuck in the U.S. Virgin Islands

“You couldn’t have picked a better time to be living on your sailboat” seems to be the sentiment of many of our friends as they see pictures of us snorkeling the clear waters off St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands during the COVID-19 pandemic. In many ways, a sailboat makes a great home for being isolated and self-sufficient.