Ocean Navigator - November/December 2017

In this issue

In this issue's special section on Networks, we have a story on how boat networks, specifically wireless networks, have taken voyaging vessels by storm and now many boats are equipped with wireless setups. Our first piece will include an overview of how wireless networking functions and what's available from the big 4 (Furuno, Garmin, Raymarine, Navico). We'll also touch on the upsides and downsides of the technology. And take a look at the hardware and how to make the most of what it offers. Our second piece will examine recent developments in wireless networks and speculate on what might happen in the next five years as satellite-based Internet providers deploy constellations of spacecraft in low Earth orbit. In our Power Voyaging section we look safety requirements. There is some safety gear that's required by the Coast Guard for vessels the size of a power voyager. We'll look at the USCG requirements for safety gear on board and we'll also check into what some other countries require as well. For our Ocean Voyaging story we have an account of power voyaging in Norway. Marine systems expert Steve D'Antonio goes aboard a Fleming 75 power voyager for a 700-mile passage from Denmark north through the fjords of Norway, from the small Danish town of Lemvig, across the Skagerrak waterway to landfall at the Norwegian coastal town of Rekefjord and then north, culminating with a visit to the famous fjord cliff of Pulpit Rock. In a piece on weather, we look at the Intertropical Convergence Zone. A voyager looks at this global weather feature that has its sometimes exasperating features.

Two New Records Set During 2017 Transpac

Two New Records Set During 2017 Transpac

2 mins

Venerable Voyaging Boat Sinks At The Start

Editor’s note: Contributing editor Eric Forsyth has won the CCA’s Blue Water Medal and sailed more than 200,000 miles, but he sometimes has to scramble like any other voyager when things go wrong. Here he relates the unexpected outcome after the launch of his Westsail 42 Fiona.

2 mins

Human Magnetoreception

Human Magnetoreception

3 mins

Safety Minimums?

This Kadey Krogen trawler is well designed for voyaging but how well equipped is it with safety gear?

6 mins

Across The Skagerrak

Power cruising Norway’s fjord coast

10+ mins

The Future Of Networking?

The Future Of Networking?

5 mins

Move Over, Lead Acid

Move Over, Lead Acid

4 mins

What Is The ITCZ And Why Does It Matter?

What Is The ITCZ And Why Does It Matter?

7 mins

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Ocean Navigator Magazine Description:

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.