Offshore Log: A Simple Outboard Lifting Crane

For two years, we struggled to get our 8-hp. Yamaha outboard from its storage location on the stern rail to the transom of our...

Offshore Log: Robertson AP 300CS on Trial. Bob Earns His Keep

Our trip from Venezuela to Bonaire was the first real test of Bob, our Robertson AP 300CX autopilot. He passed with flying colors.Although I...

Offshore Log: Downwind to Bonaire

Calypso slunk out of Venezuela on Pearl Harbor Day, 1998. This was the day after that countrys presidential elections, the day after a self-styled...

Offshore Log: Robertson AP 300CS on Trial. Bob Earns His Keep

Our trip from Venezuela to Bonaire was the first real test of Bob, our Robertson AP 300CX autopilot. He passed with flying colors.Although I...

Jeppesen and The Cap’n Top Picks For Electronic Charting

It wasnt very many years ago that the only tools a boater needed for navigation were a compass, some paper charts, a pair of...

Offshore Log: Paradise Lost

Trouble in the western Pacific and Southeast Asia gives cruisers pause when planning itineraries.

Offshore Log: Charting A Course

For a circumnavigation, the cost of charts is a major expense. The use of photocopies saves money.

PS Advisor 09/01/00

Inflatable vs. Hard DinghyI have recently bought a nice, old 38' Shannon ketch, and she has dinghy davits. I have no dinghy, but am...

Sea Marshall Rescue Systems

The greatest fear of any sailor perhaps is the cry, “Man-overboard!” It’s not a common occurrence, but it can and does happen. Sometimes the...

Offshore Log: Waiting at the Panama Canal

Before transiting the Panama Canal, Calypso stops in the San Blas Islands and the PCYC.

A Liveaboard That Sails Like a Race Boat

The Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 is one of the most interesting modern cruising sailboats in the 34-foot range. With twin helms, an open transom, a...

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