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A new category « Reading »

This Blog, finally rather technical, seems sorely lacking in poetry ! So I decided to make, from time to time, a little distraction in it by sharing my readings « nautical » favorite. This may be the source for some of you ideas to spend the long sailing days – that many landowners imagine so boring – and other long winter evenings spent in land [...]

An onboard computer, what for ?

This is the killer question. As much as my answer : nothing !
I explain. In coastal navigation, frankly there's no point to anything. The computer does not contribute to security, does little more easily than standard GPS, does not save time. If we compare the time required to report the GPS fix on a chart (I do not mean to report dead reckoning) the time lost to [...]

About alignments and sextant

This holiday season, during which we will gladly return for a few days to traditions, inspires me to rethink the traditions of an activity that is dear to us : navigation.
Not one of our illustrious predecessors, royal marine, discoverers of distant lands, privateers, pirates or honest merchants, no. I want to mention one that concerns us for over half a century : yachting. Particularly to the attention of our friends browsers [...]

Blog Welcome !

Bienvenue sur le blog Navigation Mac, je vous invite dans un premier temps à faire un tour sur la page A propos pour les explications sur les motivations de ce blog.
Feel free to leave comments and share your experience of using Apple hardware on your boat, This will benefit all browsers that will make me the pleasure of visiting this blog. For practical reasons, [...]