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Navigation – On Skylax headed for a tricky waypoint… just make sure when you get close that the Mk 1 eyeball is in use. Credit: Rod Heikell Sailors can easily get distracted by their phones, iPads and chartplotters. Rod Heikell explains why pilotage is still important in this digital age. It is something of a…

Two motu’s, or islands, in a beautiful lagoon seen from the top of a mountain, Maupiti, French-Polynesia Credit: Shutterstock Pacific island sailing, Island life and the wild blue yonder never ceases to amaze, Jess Lloyd-Mostyn tells us. You’d be forgiven for thinking that the Pacific Ocean is empty. We grow up with maps and globes…

Fox’s Marina and Chandlery – River Orwell This prime facility at Ipswich is more than just a marina, boatyard and chandlery, it has a glowing reputation that stretches far beyond the shores of the east coast, writes Sue Pelling. There are few marinas in the Ipswich area of the east coast as welcoming and convenient…

I can’t count the times I’ve been lured into deep water by those two words. It has happened again. A few months back, I was preparing seminar outlines, arranging airfares and travel plans as I got ready to fly to the USA to present seminars at the Port Townsend Wooden boat Festival and Annapolis Sail…

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Passages: Cape Horn and Beyond By Lin Pardey I have lived and breathed sailing for the past two years, not just afloat, but ashore. While David and I were cruising on Sahula and meandering through the 250-mile-long coral fringed lagoon of New Caledonia, I spent several mornings each week writing the first chapters of a…