February 20, 2019
Day 139
Noon Position: 47 10S 163 10W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 6
Wind(t/tws): SWxW 13
Sea(t/ft): W 3
Sky: Overcast
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On April 6th, 2019 older GPS units may experience a range of problems because of a limitation in how they handle dates. Thos problems could include not being able to receive location data. It turns...
David Axe
Security,
The Navy is asking that very question.
With just three Zumwalts, the Navy probably reliably can deploy just one at a time. Between deployments, the other two ships could participate in an experimental squadron the sailing branch wants to establish.
Captain Andy turned 35 on the trans-At!
In the days before accurate longitude at sea, trans-Atlantic skippers followed the by now cliched “sail south until the butter melts, then turn right.” Once the New World was discovered...
Robert Beckhusen
Security,
Beijing has long struggled with unrealistic training not suitable for combat — now that’s changing.
The People’s Liberation Army Navy has no recent...
February 19, 2019
Day 138.
Noon Position: 47 26S 167 03W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 7
Wind(t/tws): NWxN 14 – 16
Sea(t/ft): NW 3
Sky: Stratus with some drizzle
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February 187, 2019
Day 136
Noon Position: 47 16S 173 45W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 7+
Wind(t/tws): WxN 20 – 30
Sea(t/ft): W 10
Sky: Cumulus and squall clouds
10ths Cloud Cover: 7
Bar(mb): 1009+, steady.
What is arguably the most innovative electronics system in recent times debuted at the Miami boat show and very few people noticed! I’m talking specifically about the Navico Information Display that was purportedly integrated into the dashboards of some 14 new boats around the show...
February 16 (again), 2019
Day 135 (again)
Noon Position: 47 07S 177 42 *WEST*
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 7
Wind(t/tws): WxS 25 (to 35 in squalls)
Sea(t/ft): W7
Sky...
February 16, 2019
Day 135
Noon Position: 47 15S 178 34E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 6+
Wind(t/tws): SWxW 17 – 24
Sea(t/ft): W5
Sky: Cumulus and Squalls
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Here I sit typing words into the internet while 37,000ft over the Caribbean sea, winging my way towards Antigua. What an amazing age we live in! Internet connectivity while going this fast over such a lonely stretch of the planet still blows my mind.
February 15, 2019
Day 134
Noon Position: 47 20S 175 26E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): ExN 5
Wind(t/tws): WSW 8
Sea(t/ft): W 2
Sky: Clear
10ths Cloud Cover: 0
Bar(mb)...
February 14, 2019
Day 133
Noon Position: 48 05S 172 54E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 5
Wind(t/tws): NEE 19
Sea(t/ft): NE 5
Sky: Drizzle and Fog
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Nine years ago this month, Totem rocked at anchor in this exact curve of coastline on the north side of Banderas Bay where we find ourselves today. We basked in the same sunrise over the sierras to the east...