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• More Reviews of More Boating Apps

  Being stuck inside in unpleasant weather is a good time to check out weather apps for sailors and boaters. I've posted reviews of three weather products:... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2011 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, SEA, SPORTS

• Volvo Ocean Race Documentary and Leg 2 Start

  There's a great documentary video up on YouTube now capturing the highlights of the Volvo Ocean Race first leg. Running 52 minutes, it's professionally made... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, SEA, SPORTS

• Low-cost MX Mariner GPS Chartplotter Out in Beta for Android Devices

  Good news for owners of Android smartphones and tablets: the MX Mariner GPS chartplotter app is now available in beta. This looks like a great live-navigation... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2011 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, SEA, SPORTS

• Sailing Apps for Stocking Stuffers

  

  They're mostly inexpensive, and sailors with smart phones or other devices will find many apps useful, fun, or both. It's great to have navigation, tide and... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, SEA, SPORTS

• Shopping for Sailors

  Well, the holidays are here for those who shop - and for those who would rather avoid the mall, the best gifts for sailors are readily investigated and purchase... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2011 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, SEA, SPORTS

• A Flood Tide of Boating Apps

  I'm amazed how much you can do now on your sailboat from your smart phone or other device. As one who has used a laptop for years for navigation, weather, inlan... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, SEA, SPORTS

• Another Volvo Race Dismasting - Puma

  

  Amazing! Yesterday a second dismasting occurred in the Volvo Ocean Race - this time to the American boat Puma in the southern Atlantic. Now only three of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, SEA, SPORTS

• New Bluetooth GPS Receiver for Apple Devices and Laptops

  Finally! Lots of boaters and others with an iPod Touch, iPad, and other devices without built-in GPS were excited about having Bluetooth connectivity when they... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2011 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, SEA, SPORTS

• Float Plan Saves Seven Boaters Stranded on Deserted Island

  They probably would have gotten pretty hungry very soon, but at least these young men had told others when they expected to reach their destination. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, SEA, SPORTS

• Dismasting in Volvo Ocean Race

  

  Within hours of the race's start in Alicante, Spain, last Saturday, the Abu Dhabi boat was dismasted in 30 knots of wind. The rig broke in two places when the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, SEA, SPORTS

• Change Your Engine Oil While Winterizing

  Most sailboat marine engines need an oil change every hundred miles or so, which for many owners means at the end of the season - since it's better for the... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2011

• Volvo Ocean Race About to Start - Watch It Live

  

  The grueling Volvo around-the-world sailing race is about to start from Alicante, Spain, which will be presented online in live streaming video from Livestream. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2011 OUTDOORS, SEA

• Engine Winterizing and Gasket Making

  When winterizing your sailboat and its engine, this is the time for changing the oil and other engine fluids like transmission fluid, cooling fluid, and the... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 OUTDOORS, SEA

• Video: Robotic High Tech Sailboat Put to a Good Cause

  This one is for techies and environmentalists: a robotic sailboat that sails about autonomously soaking up oil spills with its long absorbent tail. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2011 OUTDOORS, SEA

• Another Sailor Dies When Least Expecting Trouble

  Yesterday the Coast Guard suspended their search for a Lake Michigan sailor. The sailor had gotten in his dinghy alone and started out to his sailboat, and was... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 OUTDOORS, SEA

• Cannibals in the South Pacific?

  U.K. newspapers are reporting that a German sailor may have been eaten by cannibals on the South Pacific island of Nuku Hiva. When the story first broke I... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 OUTDOORS, SEA

• More Good Sailing Books

  I just finished reading Torre DeRoche's new true sailing story about cruising off into the South Pacific on a small sailboat - Swept: Love with a Chance of... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2011 OUTDOORS, SEA

• Heaving To in Autumn Winds

  Are you adept at heaving to when you have to? Or only know the theory but haven't practiced it in your own sailboat? Or maybe don't even know how to do it at... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 OUTDOORS, SEA

• Getting Ready to Winterize Your Sailboat

  Unless your sailboat is a small daysailer you simply turn upside-down or cover, it will require winterizing in any climate where freezing temperatures may occur. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2011 OUTDOORS, SEA

• 77-Year-Old Japanese Sailor Completes 8th Circumnavigation Solo

  At age 77, Minoru Saito isn't the world's oldest sailor, but he was certainly the oldest solo circumnavigator when he sailed back into Yokohama Bay after a... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 OUTDOORS, SEA