More on the MJO Image Courtesy of NOAA The image here shows the NOAA forecast progression of the MJO from 20th of November to the 4th of December in Red and Blue. The progression is East firstly over the Indian Ocean then the Maritime Continent, Australia. It shows, historically, a rotation in the Western Hemisphere …
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Comms & Technology Update PredictWind DataHub, Iridium Go exec & StarLink We’ve recently installed three new items on Windflower. The Iridium Go exec to replace our aging Iridium Go, StarLink and PredictWind’s DataHub. The Iridium Go exec is a definite upgrade from the Iridium Go. The exec is significantly larger than the Go, but is …
The concept of tandem anchoring is very popular amongst the boating community. On internet message boards, the topic seems to be raised nearly as often as discussions on anchors themselves. This article is intended to provide an overview of tandem anchoring. Using multiple anchors on boats is fairly common, and various well recognized arrangements exist …
Offshore Cruising Preparation Masterclass The next running of this event is scheduled for July 29th If you Missed the Course Focused Webinar you can catch it HERE Webinar Replay To Express your Interest in the course please Click HERE EOI Sign Up This Offshore Cruising Preparation Masterclass will take aspiring offshore cruiser’s from “How do …
Comms & Electronics Probably one of the fastest areas of growth and change in boating over the last couple of years has been in the area of Comms and Electronics. It’s not that long ago ( less than 35 years) that cruisers navigated by the sun and the stars, looked up at the sky to …
Anchoring! It’s a Spectator Sport like no other, it’s free and it’s happening in any busy bay near you or Tropical Anchorage from about 3:00pm every day. That’s right it’s the “Anchoring Dance.” There are many variations on the dance from; the, Rock up and drop, deposit the contents of the anchor locker on the …
Cruising Preparation – A Taste of What’s in the Masterclass Other gear, the important bits. It’s two in the morning, the wind’s gone round 180 degrees and has started to pipe. A typical “Tropical Flick” as a frontal band moves through. We knew it was coming so had picked a good anchorage, along with a …
