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AIRMAR’s DST810 Smart™ Multisensor

Easy Speed-Through-Water Calibration and New, Enhanced Data from One Multisensor AIRMAR’s new, breakthrough DST810 Smart™ Multisensor is changing sailing by adding 5 Hz speed-through-water and

How to: Installing New Electronics

I had been sailing my Tayana 42, Eclipse, for a few years without any installed electronics on board. I’d gone pretty far up and down

Gear: Airmar DX900+ MultiLog

Accurately measuring leeway is arguably the holy grail of performance sailing analysis, but Airmar thinks it’s found the solution in a solid-state electromagnetic technology already

The compass before and after reconditioning, Right; using the balance tab to adjust the compass card

Compass Care

Here’s what goes into reconditioning your boat’s most fundamental navigation aid. 

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Grand Prix Bloodbath

Six days in, and this year’s Route du Rhum has already served up dramatic scenes including capsizes, a crash, and several retirements. 

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Tom’s Tips

Photos by Tom Cunliffe Semantics – Chain or Rope? In the golden age of our sailing navies, a “cable” was the huge rope used for

Porto Photo by Lydia Mullan

The Ocean Race Moves to Portugal

Race organizers have announced long term plans for the event, including expanded science and education programming and a homebase in Porto, Portugal.

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