Articles tagged with 'weather'

This is the second article of a series discussing how to connect to the internet at sea using a variety of hardware and software. I recommend reading the articles in order of their publication to learn the most about this complex subject. The articles in this series are: Email, weather and gribs at sea using WiFi, Email, weather and gribs at sea using 3G/4G (this article), Email,...

This is the first article of a series discussing how to connect to the internet at sea using a variety of hardware and software. I recommend reading the articles in order of their publication to learn the most about this complex subject. The articles in this series are: Email, weather and gribs at sea using WiFi (this article), Email, weather and gribs at sea using 3G/4G, Email,...

Lots of rain, squalls and no wind in the final few days of the passage followed by the last day or so of dead, flat seas. This rounds out the weather for the trip as we've had a wide variety of conditions to work through with both the crew and FG handling them all with aplomb. I'm not trying to minimize the effects of weather on our sailing but this big Hallberg-Rassy yacht was...

Finding ourselves in fog and rain with the visibility down to 50 meters we used the radar to navigate our way out of this Ria. It was made difficult by the many floating oyster beds everywhere. The Furuno radar picked them up just fine (actually amazingly accurate) and we had no problems keeping clear of them and other boat traffic. Finally we broke out into sunshine and motored along...

We planned to be in the UK about a week and used the time to go over the yacht, cleaning it up after the big trip. As the engine was ready for its first oil and filter change we engaged a local Volvo Penta shop to handle it for us. We also had the hull polished and waxed and it looks great. Tracy joined us at this point as she was visiting friends in the UK and decided to stay on...

We finally begin our journey south to the Mediterranean. Our first passage is from Ellos, at the Hallberg-Rassy shipyard in Sweden, over to Saeby, Denmark where had to hold up a few days to wait out a gale. At this time of the year the sun stays up until midnight then goes dusky for a while and rises at 03:00 or so in the morning. A little hard to get your system ready to sleep when...

Weather is something I'm rather fond of. When I was an active pilot, it was crucial to get a good understanding of the weather before I took off or landed somewhere. Sailing has a similar need for good weather understanding. The difference being the slower speed of the yacht versus an airplane and the size of the area you need to study the weather. I find my prior knowledge of...

Another classic reference for those us who want to venture beyond the coast. Beth has an extensive amount of first-hand knowledge that she shares with her readers. For me, planning to cross the Atlantic, this book comes at a good time as there's a lot of information I can directly apply to my challenge. Reading about other people's experiences in something you want to accomplish is a...