Using apps to decide: Go or not go?
It’s a lovely summer day, and you’re pining to go on a longer journey than your usual casual afternoon boating outing. You want to spend …
Conducting Aids to Navigation surveys
One fun activity in Cooperative Charting is getting out on the water to inspect navigation aids. When conducting an Aids to Navigation survey, you receive …
Cumberland River Adventures
A vessel restricted in its ability to maneuver meets a vessel not under command When I was a young boy, my family home sat on …
NOAA plots new course for nautical charts
With paper and raster charts going away, what’s next for nautical charts?
Collision avoidance: The eyes have it
The best advice for collision avoidance is standard for navigation: Use multiple sources of information to avoid collisions.
Miscalculations lead to trouble on Point Pleasant Canal
By John Gignilliat Uneasy about our first ocean passage going from Sandy Hook, New York, to Atlantic City, New Jersey, my wife, Carol, and I …
How to tell if you’re on a collision course
How can you tell if you are on a collision course with another vessel? Let’s suppose you’re taking a little cruise on your local waters, …
How to retrofit a laptop to a nav station
By Scott Mackenzie Convergence can mean the capability of a piece of electronic equipment to perform more than one function or activity. For instance, today’s …
10 tips for navigating unknown waters
When it comes to cruising in unfamiliar waters, even veteran boaters get sweaty palms and make beginner mistakes. Instead of regaling you with mine, I’m …
