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26 May

Navigational lights

Ocean NavigatorSeamanship & Navigation Newsletter, Web Exclusive

Navigational lights located on aids to navigation can provide an excellent way to verify your position when coming into coastal waters. Here are some factors to remember when dealing with navigational lights on lighthouses, lighted daymarks, light towers and buoys. Characteristics Navigational lights are given a characteristic light pattern to help mariners identify the light. These range through a variety of types: Fixed Single occulting (light is on longer than it is off), group occulting, composite group occulting Isophase (light is on as long as it is off) Single flashing (light is off longer than it is on), group flashing,…

03 Mar

Nordhavn announces partnership in CUBAR 2022 event

Ocean NavigatorIndustry & Company News, Web ExclusiveCUBAR 2022, Nordhavn

Dana Point, CA – (February 23, 2022) – The legacy of Nordhavn lies within the extended cruising adventures that are the hallmark of the company’s purpose-built power yachts and their intrepid owners. It is tied to the brand’s many en masse voyages including the Great Siberian Sushi Run and perhaps most notable, the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally, an 18-boat trans-oceanic group crossing. In the spirit of this tradition, Nordhavn is pleased to announce its collaboration with the San Diego Yacht Club on the 2022 CUBAR Odyssey, a multi-motoryacht cruise of the Baja Peninsula happening October 30 through November 13. Nordhavn will…

08 Feb

Voyaging puppies

Tim QueeneyHome Page Hero, Ocean Voyaging, Web Exclusive

What if you were a liveaboard voyager and you not only brought a dog or two, but actually raised litters of pups on board and got them to families in the places you visited like the Philippines? Voyagers Luc and Jackie Callebaut have done that while living aboard their Norman Cross 46 trimaran Sloepmouche. Their two current Schipperke dogs are named Zonne and Zotke. These are the couple's two latest canine crew members, previous crew were dogs named Zoetje, Zenne, Zwetke. The Schipperke is a Belgian breed often found on canal boats. Not only have Luc and Jackie always had dogs aboard their…

12 Jan

Latest BOLO from Boatwatch.org

Tim QueeneyHome Page Hero, Ocean Voyaging, Web Exclusiveboat watch.org, BOLO, center cockpit, distress, missing voyagers, ocean voyaging, sailboat, voyaging, voyaging boat, voyaging sailboat

For voyagers in need of some help, the website Boatwatch.org does a great job of keeping track of vessels with distress issues and those boats that for some reason are late in arriving from passages. Below is a recent "be on the lookout" (BOLO) announcement from Boatwatch. Check in with Boatwatch.org to see their latest posts. You might be in a position to lend assistance. A Non Emergency Bolo has been issued for SV Breeze who left Curacao on January 5, 2022 and was due in at Shelter Bay Marina on January 9th or 10th. SV Breeze is a 44 foot…

09 Nov

ON and Seven Seas announce partnership

Ocean NavigatorHome Page Hero, Ocean Voyaging, Web Exclusivecruising, ocean sailing, ocean voyaging, partnership, Seven Seas Cruising Association, SSCA

Ocean Navigator and the Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) are partnering up. ON's great voyaging articles and SSCA's experienced membership make a natural team. The magazine and the cruising association are expanding their collaborative efforts to bering more value to ON readers and SSCA's members. The big announcement right now is that all SSCA members will receive ON digital editions as part of their membership. A great way for SSCA members, who sail the world over, to keep getting ON's useful articles. And further partnership benefits will be announced soon. Here's the official press release: Seven Seas Cruising Association announced…

16 Sep

Stolen sailboat sails into hurricane

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In an unusual and apparently tragic case reported on Boatwatch.org , a boat was stolen from its mooring and was sailed into a hurricane where a distress signal was sent but the boat was never found. On Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 Graham Collins, the owner of a C&C 35 named Secret Plans, received a call at his work place in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The U.S. Coast Guard had called to tell him that a personal locator beacon registered to Collins had been set off in the Atlantic 390 miles southeast of Halifax. The position of the PLB signal put it…