The Luddite Club
February 1, 2024
Call me a codger, but I believe we have reached the point of over-teching everything.
Call me a codger, but I believe we have reached the point of over-teching everything.
Charts are about to change in a big way. Here’s what that means for you.
NOAA is scheduling the end of paper-chart production. It’s a bad plan for recreational boaters.
The time needed to make a new nautical chart depends on how many pieces of the puzzle are in the box.
A cruising couple experiences what passagemaking is all about while Down East aboard a Duffy 35.
The next step in mapping, LiDAR utilizes high-tech lasers to give us the most accurate maps yet.
Making and updating nautical charts is a continuous process that involves many people from different disciplines and organizations.
The Mystic Seaport Museum presents their exhibit, Science, Myth, and Mystery: The Vinland Map Saga
Written by Ben Ellison on May23, 2017 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub I’m a longtime fan of Landfall Navigation and I’m sure their intentions
Did you know that some areas of the U.S. coastal chart you’re using may only show land and bottom features accurate in position to +/- 1,600 feet, and you shouldn’t be confident about the depth soundings either?
The three-stateroom, semidisplacement model has a range of power options and a low air draft.
A solar-power system on our classic trawler lets us spend time moored or anchored with more than enough juice to meet our energy needs.
America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association has been helping boaters complete the ultimate voyage for a quarter century.
The steel-hull Nightfall, designed by William Garden, connects generations of this family through a love of cruising.
Larry Graf, the founder, designer and lead engineer of Aspen Power Catamarans, talks about Aspen’s proa hull designs and adventure cruising on his own creations from the Arctic to the Sea of Cortez.
With her vertical bow, reverse raked windshield and indoor-outdoor living space, the Galeon 430 EXP defies categorization.
It is called a razor because it shaves away unnecessary complexities, providing a simple solution to complicated questions.
Remembering Lifelong Marine Journalist Chris Caswell
A Master of Quiet Cruising
This imposing 55-footer is a comfortable, well-appointed coastal cruiser primed to take on more ambitious journeys.
