We, the honorary operators of marine radio networks, rely heavily on good communication with sailing boats, so I would like to take this opportunity to offer some advice and tips on the subject of installing and operating marine radio transceivers.
Good technology can make a big difference, but what use is even the best radio set if it is not installed and cared for properly? And remember: WINLINK and SAILMAIL too can only work smoothly if the ship’s radio is firing on all cylinders.>continue reading
Did you realize that our BLOG PORTAL has been silently upgraded containg the following information:
– 1000 ship´s blogs from A – Z, containing links for website / blog, YouTube videos and tracking inrfomation
– Catamarans from A – Z, with identical criteria as mentioned above
– Yachtie´s and writers, because hands-on-info sometimes are the better rather than theory
– Circumnavigators from A – Z, including sailors staying in the Indiq or Z.A. because we have the felling that they are going back to their homeport at the end.
The portal will be extended and upgraded constantly and you may find info you never ever have found in an as simple way like that.
If you want to get your boat listed here, please just drop a line and we will be happy to add you to the linklist
If you are looking for a particular name of a yacht, just SEARCH for her at right had side.
It has been during a delivery from SAN DIEGO California, to HAWAII, when skipper Philip Johnson and his crew experienced some electrical problems. Sea was getting rough and a wave hit the boat and skipper has been hit whilst working in the galley. He experienced serious inner bleeding. Decision has been made to rescue the crew and abandon the boat, due to the fact that the rest of the crew was totally unexperienced.
The yacht however arrived on its own more or less without damage at the beaches of Honolulu just 3 weeks later. The boat will be rescued for her next life at sea.
CHICAGO january 1998. Deep winter, minus 25 Grad Celsius, snow white town all over.
I just built up my Windpilot equipment for CHICAGO BOAT SHOW – NAVY PIER – and accepted some icecold days driving back and forth between hotel lobby and the Convention Centre, always aware not to fall into depression.
Compared to Chicago the Boat Shows in Oakland, Ft. Lauderdale or Miami making considerably more fun as tempertures are somewhat better to say the least. Super yachts being exibited in Miami in deep frozen halls to avoiding stress for material and visitors. Cold is cool, at least in America´s Southern part. Continue reading →
Glenn Wilson und Nerida Higgins were at anchor just upfront the costline of their home coast in QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIEN.
But the night turned out a different way.
A whale passed by, grapped their anchor line and turned towards the open sea – with the boat on a tow. Skippe and his wife stayed cool enough to take a video which has been published via SKY NEWS in Australian televison
Während unserer zweijährigen Reise von Australien nach Deutschland, sollen auf fünf Kontinenten in etwa dreißig Ländern hunderte Musiker aufgenommen werden. Über die Zeit entstehen so Lieder von mehreren Künstlern, die sich persönlich nie begegnet sind. Denn jede Aufnahme findet zeitlich‐ und räumlich getrennt von der anderen statt.
Von Benjamin Schaschek und Hannes Koch in der Planungsphase des Projekts entwickelt, versteht es sich als Enkel der Konzeptkunst der späten 60er Jahre. Wie bei der Objektkunst von Marcel Duchamp, steht nicht das Werk im Vordergrund, sondern die Gedanken um dessen Bedeutung. Hier geht´s zum Blog
The kind of connections we ordinarily tend to take for granted suddenly become very important once properly at sea. It seems to be difficult to find anywhere out of mobile phone range on land today and if it’s face to face company you need, the nearest busy bar, club or harbour is seldom more than a short journey away.
Life at sea could hardly be more different. Sailors do come together in far-flung ports and anchorages of course, but they are still far from home and the inevitable time differences only amplify the sense of distance.please continue here
CAPTURED BY PIRATES IN SOMALIA published by Elaine Bunting YACHTING WORLD on september 27.2011
388 Days held captive in Somalia – Paul and Rachel Chandler’s gripping account of captivity in Somalia is food for thought
At first glance, a new book by British sailors Paul and Rachel Chandler has a happy ending. The couple, who were attacked by Somali pirates off the coast of the Seychelles in 2009 and held in captivity for over a year, were eventually released safe and sound.
After reading their book and talking to them last week, however, my lasting impression of their experience is its sheer senselessness and inhumanity. ‘Hostage’ tells plainly of the pain and shock of being treated as no more chips in a drawn out game of negotiation. This is a sailing tale with only hard lessons.
Hostage: A Year at Gunpoint with Somali Gangsters by Paul and Rachel Chandler with Sarah Edworthy, Mainstream, £9.99. More info here
Worth visiting the website SAVE THE CHANDLERS to see what kind of support of private parties and hostage helpers they got and which uncommon way has turned out to be the successful way out of this kidnap situation.
A small boat and a family living on the oceans since 30 years
having circumvented the play ball many times, actually in the South of Argentina
A life full of thousands of pictures please just continue to look at wonderful pictures here
SV Divina – a 14 meter long wooden design – has been built by the owner and his family during about 10 years, starting 1979 at their home in Germany.
1990 the boat was ready for the open waters – they headed for the Med, crossed the Atlantic Singehanded by her owner – and living in caribbean waters now since many years, anchoring in Martinique at this moment. Here is their blog
DREAMS AND REALITIES
Humans are social creatures at heart. Different people take different approaches – synthesis, synergy, symbiosis – but the life-long quest for true happiness in company (and its corollary, the emergence of new life) appears all but universal.
We snatch life experience after life experience from the jaws of life’s disappointments, ensuring that for as long as we can maintain the pace, no failure passes without a dividend of learning in due course. First the more primitive drives hold sway, but eventually the knowledge and wisdom acquired in repeated forays down the same old blind alleys gain the upper hand and life – we hope – begins to unfold in a more cerebral, directed, consistent and altogether more elegant fashion. You will find the full story here
Hello Peter,
I have just completed my circumnavigation and am back home again. After my Atlantic circuit (10.000 miles) I sailed 30.000 miles round the world. Only failure on the windpilot was the worm wheel which was replaced in Oman. The windpilot was among the best pieces of equipment on board. kind regards, Douwe Fokkema HR Monsun 31
We, the honorary operators of marine radio networks, rely heavily on good communication with sailing boats, so I would like to take this opportunity to offer some advice and tips on the subject of installing and operating marine radio transceivers. 
