Dear Readers,
It is with much sadness that I must inform you that this will be the last edition of Ocean Navigator and Ocean Voyager. Since I acquired the rights to the publication in 2021, my team has worked hard to bring you great content, which I hope you found valuable. The publication was funded mostly by advertisers, and with all the new outlets that those advertisers have for promoting their products, traditional media has suffered. Over the past couple of years, fewer and fewer advertisers were able to support us, while costs continued to rise. I am very grateful to those advertisers that did support us, and gave us the opportunity to serve you, our readers. I hope you will consider supporting all of the advertisers that you see in this issue.
Looking in our wake, I am proud of the work we have done. As an avid cruiser, I have learned from all of our contributors. There was not a single issue where I did not discover something new, which I believe is the point of the magazine. Ocean Navigator was not a lifestyle magazine like so many other cruising publications. Ours was a technical magazine; “A Voyagers Resource” as we say. I hope we helped you prepare better for your cruising adventures.
Thank you to my great team for all of your efforts to put together a high quality publication. I am also thankful to you, our readers, for supporting us through your subscriptions.
I wish you all safe voyages. Fair winds and following seas.
Dave Abrams, Publisher
Maritime Publishing