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Navigation, Innovation, and Life on the Water

28 maggio 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…

Sailing and Boating

27 novembre 2025

From Chesapeake Bay to the Bahamas: Planning your winter passage

The Southbound season has begun Every fall, hundreds of cruisers point their bows south toward the sun and start their engines. From the bustling mari…

Sailing and Boating

31 ottobre 2025

Cruising new waters: a complete guide to smart and safe planning

Planning a cruise in unfamiliar waters can feel challenging, but with the right approach it becomes an exciting adventure. Here’s a guide to the tools…

Sailing and Boating

27 agosto 2025

Lessons from the Caribbean: Respect the Sea is the first lesson for any sailor

The first light of morning glimmered on polished brass and varnished wood, surfaces the crew, people like Kent from the Philippines and Ines from Port…

Sailing and Boating

28 luglio 2025

Europe’s Most Challenging Sailing Destinations

Sailing is more than just travelling from one place to another, it’s about reading the wind, understanding the sea, and being prepared for the unexpec…

Sailing and Boating

26 novembre 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

31 ottobre 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

27 settembre 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…

Sailing and Boating

31 luglio 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

30 giugno 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

31 maggio 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

28 febbraio 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…

Sailing and Boating

11 agosto 2023

Sailing in the New Zealand winter

The Crew Hola! My name is Camila Arnés, and I am a marine biologist with a passion for ocean conservation. Together with my partner Sam Kempson, aka E…