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May 28, 2025

Safe Navigation: The Balance Between Technology and Skill

In the past, route planning was inevitably a manual process involving paper charts, subject to errors caused by using charts of different scales and updates that were not always timely. Today, digital tools offer ever-increasing precision, speed, and…

Did You Know?

April 30, 2025

Time, Stars, and the Human Search for Longitude

Long before satellites crisscrossed the skies and digital marine navigation apps guided us turn by turn, humans looked up. The stars, sun, and sea wer…

Sailing and Boating

November 26, 2024

More Than Just a Waypoint: Natural Wonders of ICW Anchorages

The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, stretching 1244 statute miles from Norfolk VA to Key West FL, uses a series of natural waterways and dredged chann…

Sailing and Boating

October 31, 2024

The Perfect Boat for Cruising on the ICW

People often ask us, “What’s the perfect boat for cruising the ICW?” Our answer is simple: “There is no such thing as a perfect boat.” Everybody has d…

Sailing and Boating

September 27, 2024

Ten Tips for Navigating the ICW

For cruisers on the East Coast of North America, making a run down the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a rite of passage. For some, the ICW is both the…

Did You Know?

August 25, 2024

Guide to passage planning: here’s how to plan a cruise efficiently and safely

Preparing for a cruise in a new area can be a challenging activity: here’s a guide with some tips, suggestions and useful tools to plan a safe passage…

Sailing and Boating

July 31, 2024

Giants of Baja California

Neither the wind nor the distances managed to prevent an encounter with the magnificent giants of Baja California. Our adventure embarked on April 1st…

Sailing and Boating

June 30, 2024

Safety in numbers

Safety in numbers Redundancy can be a good thing For decades, the aerospace industry has known that redundancy improves safety and reliability. They p…

Sailing and Boating

May 31, 2024

The synergy between boating navigation apps and MFDs

Innovation in marine navigation technology is running fast and opinions are divided about boat equipment. On one hand, traditional Multifunction Displ…

Sailing and Boating

February 28, 2024

Our journey through the Hauraki Gulf, Tīkapa Moana, New Zealand

This new great adventure begins in the City of Sails, the best starting point for exploring the South Pacific magical islands. We docked at the Viaduc…

Sustainability

January 30, 2024

Sustainable sailing: become an eco sailor and contribute to ocean conservation

We get so much from being in the water, we love to be out feeling the ocean breeze and interacting with other local sailors, and of course, the marine…

Sustainability

November 7, 2023

Sailing through Fiji

The magic of Fiji Fiji’s archipelago comprises over 300 islands, located between Vanuatu and Tonga. The islands of volcanic origin were visited by the…

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September 12, 2023

Hidden Feature Focus: USCG LNMs

Have you ever travelled the ICW and wondered, “What’s the name of that Dredge, and how do I contact them to find the best way to safely transit the ar…