Safety & Seamanship

At $100, West Marine’s bag is a Best Buy, but no one beats Landfall Navigation’s watertight construction.

Calypso has deck hardware from most major companies. Here's what's being used, and how the various pieces have held up.

Most varnishes don’t last long in the tropics and, unfortunately for Nick, Calypso has a laminated captrail that requires protection.

Raytheon's Raychart 320 is consistently more accurate than two conventional DGPS units from Raytheon and Garmin — and it's less expensive.

On September 15, 2000 the US Coast Guards 1st District issued a Safety Alert to warn life raft owners who had rafts serviced by...

About a year ago, Stearns Inc., best known as a maker of life jackets, introduced an inflatable kayak, offered in one- and two-person models....

A layover in Phuket is Calypso’s last chance to get ready for the Indian Ocean crossing, but getting gear shipped from the US through Thai customs isn’t easy.û

Approaching Singapore, we spotted a debris-coated slick about a mile long and 50 yards wide. Concerned about sucking debris into the engine raw water intake, we gingerly picked our way through a narrow gap in the spill.

Two of the most important tools on our night passages through the Java Sea and South China Sea were our Fujinon FMTR-SX binoculars and our ITT Night Mariner 250 binocular-style night vision scope.

Calypso and crew dodge tankers and fishing boats en route to Singapore, which lies across the world’s busiest strait.