Some hydrographic surveys date from the Victorian era. Tom Partridge uses satellite imagery as a sanity check for navigation and finds unexpected benefits
Navigation
‘GPS cyber vulnerabilities’: US Navy reverts to teaching astronavigation
Lesssons in celestial navigation have been reinstated at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, nearly twenty years after the subject was dropped. The move is motivated by fears that the GPS…
10 classic pilotage mistakes in navigation…
…and how to avoid them. James Stevens reveals the classic pilotage mistakes and explains what you need to do to ensure safe inshore navigation
Chichester Bar survey finds less depth
The entrance to Chichester Harbour may be shallower than is shown on your charts, according to the latest survey
Yachtmaster Plus – Lessons learned from experience Part 5
The RYA Yachtmaster is a good test of advanced seamanship, but the best sailors know that there will always be lessons to be learned from experience
World’s largest offshore wind farm approved for Yorkshire coast
400 wind turbines will be constructed in the North Sea off the Yorkshire coast as part of the world's largest offshore windfarm