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The Lost Art of Dead Reckoning

For all the precision of modern technology, sometimes there’s no substitute for the tried-and-true art of dead reckoning.

A Compass Course

Planning an extended voyage? Add a compass adjustment to your checklist.

The KVH Story

If you’re like most cruisers, you’d like to be able to watch television while under way or at anchor using one of the major satellite

Troubleshooting A Damaged Compass

With all the electronics aboard cruising boats today, the old magnetic compass must feel a bit ignored. Yet it is still one of the most

Three side-by-side screenshots from the Navionics app showing nautical charts of Hell Gate and Wards Island, contrasting a correct manually plotted water route on the left with two flawed AI-generated routes on the middle and right that erroneously plot course lines directly across land.

A Suspicious Plot

I used AI to chart a course through a notorious waterway. The results were unusable.

An exterior dusk photograph looking through the large side windows into the illuminated, warm cherrywood salon and helm area of a Sabre motor yacht as the sun sets over the water.

South by Down East

A brisk November run from Connecticut to New Jersey showcases just how comfortable the Sabre 51 Salon Express really is.

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