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I Think I Want This on My Flybridge

| February 8, 2011 | 0 Comments
I Think I Want This on My Flybridge

Yeah, I know this photo is from a press release.  But maybe it’s not just a cute demonstration.  Maybe it’s actually an effective way to prove a marketing claim of dust- and waterproof capabilities.  Nauticomp says it tests its marine LED-lit LCD displays to an IP67 ingress protection standard.  The ’6′ in that designation indicates [...]

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Rough Weather Video

| November 5, 2010 | 0 Comments

Yeah, I know I really shouldn’t be doing this. Showing rough-weather videos to boating junkies is like feeding the bears at Yellowstone. It’s not good for them.  They want more.  They will go to YouTube and spend (waste) hours looking at rough-water videos, then bad weather videos, then tornado videos, then videos of that cool [...]

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Ultimate Yachts: Video of the Molokai Strait 75′

| July 29, 2010 | 0 Comments
Ultimate Yachts: Video of the Molokai Strait 75′

The Molokai Strait   75 luxury bluewater expedition yacht Hercules is an examples of top-of-the-line everything. For the ocean adventurer, the Molokai Strait yachts are built with steel hulls and aluminum topsides, lots of displacement and fuel. I first saw the 75′ Hercules at the Newport, Rhode Island, boat show in the fall of 2008 and [...]

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Newport Bermuda Race Underway

| June 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
Newport Bermuda Race Underway

The 2010 Newport Bermuda Race is underway and we’ve got some fascinating video and live tracking links for you.

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A Tall Ship Heads to Sea

| May 10, 2010 | 0 Comments
A Tall Ship Heads to Sea

The sail training barque Picton Castle, a square-rigger registered in the Cook Islands and based in Lunenburg Harbor, Nova Scotia, is about to depart its mooring and head off on its fifth circumnavigation. The 14-month, westbound trip will sail through the tropics under the command of its first and only captain, Daniel Moreland. ▶ Some [...]

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Video Debut: The Underway Series from OceanLines, Episode 1

| May 5, 2010 | 2 Comments
Video Debut: The Underway Series from OceanLines, Episode 1

By way of introducing this new video series, let me re-state what will become obvious to you:  I am a writer. And writers may have great ideas for video but viewers will likely suffer a bit while the writer learns to be a filmmaker. And with that ugly excuse for the quality of our first [...]

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Video: Running a Rough Inlet

| April 24, 2010 | 5 Comments
Video: Running a Rough Inlet

The video you see here was taken while departing the Fort Pierce, Florida, inlet, Friday, April 16. The tide was running out strongly and the wind and seas were running in just as strongly. The resulting washing-machine ride was rather sporty, although our Krogen 58′ handled it well.  At one point, we realize we’ve forgotten [...]

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The Underway Engine Room Check: Why You Need It

| November 13, 2009 | 3 Comments

I saw a great example recently of why you need to be diligent about the hourly (or whatever regular schedule you set) engine room check while cruising offshore.  As you know from some earlier posts, Jeffrey and Karen Siegel, owners of ActiveCaptain, aboard their DeFever 53 aCappella, are headed south for the winter and recently made an [...]

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