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Christiansø - a tiny Danish outpost

Christiansø - a tiny Danish outpost

Christiansø is one of those destinations that is genuinely practical for a visiting yacht -a real harbour, a real settlement, a place you can comfortably spend a night - and...

Christiansø - a tiny Danish outpost

Christiansø is one of those destinations that is genuinely practical for a visiting yacht -a real harbour, a real settlement, a place you can comfortably spend a night - and...

Ocean Races, Swiss Cheese and Dinos

Ocean Races, Swiss Cheese and Dinos

Modern technology is a gift, but it shouldn't replace the "feel" of the sea. Integrating "old school" methods like Dead Reckoning and paper-chart oversight creates a mental model of the...

Ocean Races, Swiss Cheese and Dinos

Modern technology is a gift, but it shouldn't replace the "feel" of the sea. Integrating "old school" methods like Dead Reckoning and paper-chart oversight creates a mental model of the...

Mooring buoy

Mooring buoy

The bright colors and patterns on mooring buoys aren’t just decoration - in many countries, different colors indicate whether the buoy is private, public, or reserved for specific types of...

Mooring buoy

The bright colors and patterns on mooring buoys aren’t just decoration - in many countries, different colors indicate whether the buoy is private, public, or reserved for specific types of...

Marine Signal Flags

Marine Signal Flags

The most famous use of signal flags occurred in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar. Admiral Horatio Nelson addressed his fleet with a single hoisted message: “England expects that every...

Marine Signal Flags

The most famous use of signal flags occurred in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar. Admiral Horatio Nelson addressed his fleet with a single hoisted message: “England expects that every...

Rarotonga

Rarotonga

Rarotonga - the largest of the Cook Islands, lies deep in the South Pacific Ocean - surrounded by coral reefs and the endless blue that once guided the world’s greatest...

Rarotonga

Rarotonga - the largest of the Cook Islands, lies deep in the South Pacific Ocean - surrounded by coral reefs and the endless blue that once guided the world’s greatest...

Kiribati

Kiribati

Kiribati is a group of 33 coral atolls and islands, stretching over 3.5 million square kilometers of ocean - an area larger than India, yet with a landmass of barely...

Kiribati

Kiribati is a group of 33 coral atolls and islands, stretching over 3.5 million square kilometers of ocean - an area larger than India, yet with a landmass of barely...