Offshore Log: More of the Best
For those who have been absent in the last couple of months—and we hope you were out in a boat—Nick Nicholson and Maryann Mecray...
Offshore Log: The Best of the Best
Quality usually comes at a price. As in most aspects of life, if you pay less, you get less when it comes to buying...
Offshore Log: Return to the Tropics
Surely by the time we reached the tropics, Olga would be history... But as we worked southwest, then turned almost due west a few...
Navigation Software
A couple of years ago, rating navigation programs was much easier than it is today. We were able to downrate programs that were unable...
Off-the-Shelf Medical Kits
Included in the Coastal Cruising Kit is a reference guide entitled First Aid by the Numbers. It contains a Table of Contents, an...
Navigation Lights: Hella and Aqua Signal Shine Brightest
We had noted that the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC), in their specs for the Intensity/Nominal Voltage Test for nav lights, ...
Offshore Log: Signs of the Times
It was strange to be back into the Atlantic Ocean after a three-year absence. Looking west, we felt that if we squinted really hard,...
Medical Matters
As this issue goes to press in late November, Keith Kilpatrick, a crewmember aboard Amer Sports One in the Volvo Ocean Race, has just...
Underwater Patching Compounds
Anyone who ventures farther away from a safe shore than their propulsion systems can carry them in a few minutes needs to have plans...
Hull Hole Damage Control
It's hard to imagine anything worse than holing your boat at sea. We've all heard the stories… one minute you're sailing peaceably, the next...
Abandon Ship! Coast Guard Rescue Beneteau 523 in the Atlantic
What would cause the captain and crew to abandon ship in the Atlantic ocean? There was no sailboat disaster here, but a coast guard...
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