Ocean Voyaging

How to Weave a Barometer into Navigation

How to Weave a Barometer into Navigation

Even in the age of high-speed internet at sea, remarkable weather model forecasts, and satellite wind measurements, our knowle...
Real-Time Ocean Data Enhances Hurricane Forecasting Accuracy

Real-Time Ocean Data Enhances Hurricane Forecasting Accuracy

Sofar Ocean, a maker of ocean-data capturing sensors, has partnered with the National Mesonet Program, KBR and Synoptic Data PBC t...
PredictWind Unveils New Weather Forecasting Feature

PredictWind Unveils New Weather Forecasting Feature

PredictWind, a marine weather forecasting service based in Auckland, N.Z., has introduced a new Climate Data feature. The company ...
Out of Sight

Out of Sight

My young sons and I were about to sail my 50-foot yawl, Empiricus, from Ketchikan to Seward, Alaska. Moving back to my hometown ...
Orca Do’s and Don’ts

Orca Do’s and Don’ts

With all the reports of Orcas attacking boats in the vicinity of Gibraltar and the Spanish and Portuguese coasts, former sailor Ru...
Win an Icom handheld!

Win an Icom handheld!

With high quality phone cameras in every pocket and on every boat, there’s no excuse for not taking some great photos. The ON Pho...