The Offshore Voyaging Reference Site
Articles and chapters that we have recently made meaningful updates and improvements to, either in the light of new information, or because our thinking on the subject has changed.
It’s possible to own a family cruising sailboat for a total cost of ownership over 5 years of just US$30,000. Already at the two year mark, Matt and his family share how they did it.
Ten years after starting a project to create a safe, reliable and fast offshore cruising sailboat ready to go around the world, we have a design.
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55 CommentsReading Time: 10 minutesMembersIn the last two chapters we took a deep and considered dive into analyzing the electrical loads on our boats and thinking about ways to reduce said loads through smart systems thinking. Now we get to the payoff: How to calculate optimal battery bank size or, alternatively, how to live with the battery bank size we already have. I have built a spreadsheet to make the whole process easier.
So you bought a satellite phone or Iridium GO! to get email and weather information while at sea. But what software should you get? Here is the AAC benchmark product that we know, based on 20 years of use, will do the job well.
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142 CommentsReading Time: 12 minutesFreeEveryone loves to tout the benefits of their favourite anchor, John included, but this article is about much more: how to cut through all the claims to the criteria that really matter when selecting an anchor.
Starting a multi-part in-depth review of the Outbound 46 offshore cruising sailboat.
Which hardware and software should we use for weather downloading and analysis? Lots of good stuff out there. Here’s how to choose.
Lithium batteries have many benefits, but are too complicated and fragile, and not fault tolerant enough, to be relied upon exclusively on an offshore boat. Here’s how to fix that.