Digital passage planning

When I took my first brick-like Magellan GPS receiver out of its box back in the mid-1990s, I was in Wick, NE Scotland. The fog was thick enough to walk on. Filled with a confidence I had never had be

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Many years ago when I first got into sailing journalism, I was fortunate enough to be given the chance to interview Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. As someone who had read In a World of My Own as a child, th

Solo sailor Owen Moorhouse recalls having to make quick contingency plans at night while battling fatigue

What communications equipment do you really need to stay safe and keep in touch? Alan Denham explores options for every budget and cruising ambition

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