Batteries: understanding SOC, voltage and Victron alarms
SOC, shunts, synchronisation and voltage drop: interpret the readings without confusing an estimate with a guaranteed reserve.
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Understand the sea.
Prepare what’s next.
Documented guides, practical tools and a taste for longer voyages. Move forward aboard, one good question at a time.
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All guides →Knowledge sets sail.
Useful bearings for understanding your boat and preparing your passages.
Offshore sailing: prepare the route, weather and watches
Build a passage plan you can check: navigational information, forecasts, lookout, endurance and fallback decisions.
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Long-distance cruising with children: a realistic departure plan
Crew roles, children’s safety, schooling, routines and staged passages: a practical framework for preparing a family voyage.
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From ideas to preparations.
Two simple calculators to set assumptions, compare and adjust.
Voyage budget
Monthly costs, maintenance and preparation: put a framework around departure.
Calculate →In preparation
A need. A harbour. A future connection.
A future directory to find marine professionals by trade and sailing area. Today, explore useful resources for your plans.
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