Ocean Navigator - March/April 2018
Ocean Navigator - March/April 2018
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In this issue
Communications: Improving technology has made satcom ever better at squeezing more data into a smaller package. The result is more attractive capabilities for data usage via satcom. The Iridium satellite system is joining GMDSS and satcom is a growing field, and while HF SSB is still used by many voyagers, its importance as a communications mainstay is receding. The present and possible future of marine communications will be our focus.
Chartroom Chatter
Voyaging power innovator Dave Smead remembered.
3 mins
Protest Overshadows New Sydney-Hobart Records
WILD OATS XI SET A NEW COURSE RECORD IN THE 73RD running of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart race, knocking nearly five hours off the previous mark. But the skipper and crew aboard the supermaxi barely had time to celebrate the win.
2 mins
Ocean Navigator Magazine Description:
Publisher: Maritime Publishing LLC
Category: Travel
Language: English
Frequency: Bi-Monthly
Ocean Navigator magazine is for voyagers, both power and sail, who want to know more about their boats, their gear and the techniques to make them better voyagers. Whether you are crossing oceans or making coastwise passages, Ocean Navigator will help and inspire you.
Our editorial offices are located in Portland, Maine, but we cover voyaging topics for sailors and power voyagers from the Southern Ocean to the North Sea, from South Pacific atolls to rocky coasts and the Great Lakes.
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