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Worst Gear Breakdowns
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Worst Gear Breakdowns

Adrift in the Indian Ocean and stuck in the Panama Canal

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November/December 2019
Schooner Roseway
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Schooner Roseway

Although it fished on the Grand Banks, still holding the record of catching 74 swordfish in one day — with harpoon — the schooner Roseway wasn’t built as a commercial vessel.

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November/December 2019
Safety Rests On Preparation
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Safety Rests On Preparation

Two retired medical personnel respond to a carbon monoxide emergency on a nearby boat

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9 mins  |
September/October 2019
Rogue AIS Units
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Rogue AIS Units

An AIS display showing an area of Chinese waters. With the proliferation of AIS returns, any noncompliant AIS units could cause potentially dangerous confusion.

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September/October 2019
Prop shaft Alignment
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Prop shaft Alignment

Poor propeller shaft alignment can lead to excessive shaft drag as well as accelerated bearing and shaft wear.

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6 mins  |
September/October 2019
Bluewater Gear
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Bluewater Gear

In the spring of 2015, Robin Urquhart and Fiona McGlynn left their home port of Vancouver aboard MonArk, their 1979 Dufour 35.

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Ocean Voyager 2017
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The cut-off low

How these weather features form and how to recognize them

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Ocean Voyager 2017
Emergency signals
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Emergency signals

Pyrotechnic flares still widely used but electronic device use is growing

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Ocean Voyager 2017
Under Power In The Frozen North
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Under Power In The Frozen North

A one-month circumnavigation of the Svalbard archipelago.

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10 mins  |
January/February 2017
Staying On Course With Wi-Fi
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Staying On Course With Wi-Fi

The boat as wireless network had arrived for the voyager.

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8 mins  |
January/February 2017
Are You Over-Propped?
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Are You Over-Propped?

Robin Urguhart's Dufour 35 Monark being hauled out allowed easy access to the propeller.

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January/February 2017
Safety Minimums?
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Safety Minimums?

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

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6 mins  |
November/December 2017
What Is The ITCZ And Why Does It Matter?
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What Is The ITCZ And Why Does It Matter?

What Is The ITCZ And Why Does It Matter?

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November/December 2017
Move Over, Lead Acid
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Move Over, Lead Acid

Move Over, Lead Acid

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4 mins  |
November/December 2017
Two New Records Set During 2017 Transpac
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Two New Records Set During 2017 Transpac

Two New Records Set During 2017 Transpac

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November/December 2017
Venerable Voyaging Boat Sinks At The Start
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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.

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November/December 2017
Human Magnetoreception
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Human Magnetoreception

Human Magnetoreception

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November/December 2017
newport-bermuda race results
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newport-bermuda race results

above the crew of spirit of bermuda, winners of the spirit of tradition award for the 2016 newsport bermuda race. right, the seven young sailors from high noon from american yacht club with bermuda governor george fergusson.

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september/october 2016
two suppliers of email via satellite
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two suppliers of email via satellite

the optimizer and xgate can use satcom to get email. the optimizer is also a wi-fi router allowing tablets to connect, right.

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september/october 2016
Chartroom Chatter
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Chartroom Chatter

Voyaging power innovator Dave Smead remembered.

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March/April 2018
Protest Overshadows New Sydney-Hobart Records
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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.

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March/April 2018
Across The Skagerrak
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Across The Skagerrak

Power cruising Norway’s fjord coast

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November/December 2017
The Future Of Networking?
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The Future Of Networking?

The Future Of Networking?

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November/December 2017
A Ferrocement Schooner
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A Ferrocement Schooner

The Ferro-cement schooner Rachel and Ebenezer in the Caribbean in 1981.

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2 mins  |
November/December 2017
sailcloth diversity
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sailcloth diversity

voyaging sailboats moving beyond dacron

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6 mins  |
september/october 2016
reliable wi-fi getting easier to find for a price
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reliable wi-fi getting easier to find for a price

with free wireless long gone, voyagers need a different approach to connectivity.

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4 mins  |
january/february 2017
catastrophe at sea
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catastrophe at sea

a nighttime collision off thailand

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september/october 2016

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