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December 28, 2022

Sail confidently: How to "Read the Water" in The Bahamas

Welcome to The Bahamas... Warm weather. Long white sandy beaches. Great sailing and terrific conch salad. It is a cruiser’s paradise with hundreds of islands, thousands of anchorages, and a million natural treasures awaiting your discovery. But wha…

Did You Know?

December 9, 2022

Waterway Guide Media and Aqua Map: Perfect Cockpit Companions

When software engineers, cartographers, publishers and boaters get in a room together all sort of ideas begin percolating. That’s what Waterway Guide …

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November 17, 2022

Marine Forecasts

Aqua Map now includes Marine Forecasts in their app. There are three legs to the weather offering: Wind, Waves, and Currents. So how will Aqua Map dif…

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July 29, 2022

ActiveCaptain community support

Aqua Map strongly believe in the support of boaters and sailors communities and we started introducing the support to ActiveCaptain community on Augus…

Sailing and Boating

June 20, 2022

Lightning Damage – Aqua Map Saves The Day!

We were wrapping up our 5-month winter 2021 / spring 2022 cruise from South Carolina to The Bahamas aboard s/v Little Wing, a Valiant 42CE. We had cru…

Sailing and Boating

May 20, 2022

Tips for life on board: Dogs on board

My husband and I have been sailing for more than 20 years, and our dogs have always been with us, first a poodle, then a Labrador. We always thought t…

Sailing and Boating

April 20, 2022

First Season in the Bahamas – Sailing with Aqua Map and Explorer Charts

Jason Spitz and Monica Schandel are co-captains of SV Breathe and partners in their underwater photography business, Breathe Sail Dive, LLC. Both hold…

Fishing

January 20, 2022

Let’s talk about Sustainable Fishing

The relationship between Humans and the Sea has changed! We want to make our small contribution to empower our audience, made up of sailors and fisher…

Fishing

November 20, 2021

KAYAK FISHING: What is it, a bit of history, Italian movement

Can you imagine for a moment to be away from the crowds, noise and stress of everyday life, sitting on a kayak in the complete silence of a dawn, abov…

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November 20, 2021

USACE Surveys Integration

Aqua Map cartographic database is built on two main key activities: research and integration. We search the best data available from different sources…

Sailing and Boating

October 20, 2021

Kids on board: What to do on the boat?

How do you eat and sleep when on a boat? Following the needs of your body and not those dictated by the social clock, has enormous benefits. On board …

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October 20, 2021

Satellite and Land data

I remember the first time, more than 20 years ago, I saw the Satellite images overlaid on a map…that’s like switching on the sun in the night. During …

Sailing and Boating

September 20, 2021

Kids on board yes or no?

Books have been written, debates on forums and social networks, we have decided to dedicate an article to “the little ones” and summarize some tips ba…