Monthly Archives: March 2011
Sailing Away from Pirates
From Yachtpals, a short piece about how the piracy situation is forcing cruisers and racers to re-think their plans. Here’s what should be happening (thanks to the guys at EagleSpeak)….
Kannad Marine Launches Personal AIS-Based EPIRB
From the GCaptain blog – an interesting piece of kit that hopefully will be making its way onto the US market soon. Panbo has also done a review.
Self Analysis by Chirontraining
Here’s a great piece, summing up a few thoughts I have nicely:Self AnalysisA quote – ‘So what are the stupid life choices? Almost all social violence happens in four kinds of places:…’ Just started (on another long flight) a book by Mark Hatmaker – No Second Chance. He also stresses awareness and attitude as keys … Continue reading
The Survival Laboratory
Don Rearic has a long history of posting great articles on the net, here’s a link (and an excerpt below) from The Survival Blog Versatile Tools for SurvivalYou can spread peanut butter with it. You can slice the sandwich in half with it on the diagonal when you are done…with it. You can open a … Continue reading
GOST at Palm Beach Int’l Boat Show
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (USA) – Boat security systems supplier Global Ocean Security Technologies (GOST – formerly Paradox Marine) will feature its Magellan Insight GPS DVR and NT Evolution tracking and security systems at the 2011 Palm Beach International Boat Show, March 24-27 (Clematis Tent, booth 587). Stop by, say hello to Jay and crew for … Continue reading