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Mariner Resources on the Web

The Internet is an almost endless source of information, but finding what you need can be a frustrating task. We’ve tried to streamline the...

Weather Receivers

To overcome this drawback and the fact that each map or chart is broadcast at a specific time, the unit can be set to...

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: Four Weeks, Four Seas

In mid-October, Calypso and her crew were resting in the luxury of Raffles Marina on the western edge of Singapore. A half-mile to the...

Mailport 10/01/00

Life Raft TestsI have just finished reading your final article on life rafts (July, 2000) and feel compelled to comment on a few issues...

Hobie, Nikon Our Picks Among High-End Seagoing Sunglasses

The importance of quality eyeware was publicly manifested by the Navy Air Corps in 1951 when it commissioned Bausch and Lomb to begin developing...

Tow or Salvage?

When Dr. Edward Murray sailed Eagle Light to Block Island, arriving after sunset, he strayed out of the channel, running aground about 200 yards...

Mailport: May 2016

Boarding Step RetrofitIn your February 2016 issue, you had an article about boarding steps. As the freeboard is getting higher and higher on modern...

Wind Sensor Testing

For better or for worse, the modern cruising sailor is becoming more like an airplane pilot. Safely ensconced out of the wind, the helmsman...

Freedom 36

Freedom Yachts were the invention of Garry Hoyt back in the early 1970s. An advertising executive and champion one-design sailor, Hoyt reached a stage...