«Where to Sail»: Beta Online
What is it all about? It’s sharing sailing experiences It’s an easy to use hub, providing all the features needed to embrace sailing places of interest It’s finding the best sailing places worldwide It’s helping others, to find the best sailing places ... [read more]
Cape Horn: A Challange Even for the Best Sailors
Cape Horn loved and hated by seaman over the last four hundred years. Cape Horn was a pivotal point in the Drake Passage, the most popular trade route for ships passing between the Atlantic and the Pacific from the 1700 to the early 1900s. Cape Horn takes its name ... [read more]
The Good Old Magnetic Compass
The Chinese invented the compass by around 1110. It improved the safety and efficiency of sailing greatly. The dry mariner’s compass was invented in Europe around 1300. It consists of a freely pivoting needle on a pin enclosed in a little box with a glass cover ... [read more]
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