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New year, new partners, new activities!

Happy 2016! We have started the new year with a lot of energy, and we already have some exciting news for you: First of all, we are proud to announce the first two partnerships of 2016: Expedition and Tidetech SAILING. We will be using their technologies for free during our courses! SAVE THE DATE: [...]

New year, new partners, new activities!2022-06-16T11:07:17+02:00

OceanDrivers launches a new ACADEMY

OceanDrivers is very proud to announce the launch of a new and revolutionary ACADEMY: the first organization focused on filling the gap between sailors and technology. In the last few years OceanDrivers’ team had the chance to meet all the different players that are part of the marine industry; what has become [...]

OceanDrivers launches a new ACADEMY2022-06-16T11:14:10+02:00

CURRENT & TACTICS V: COURSE OVER GROUND and VMG

It may seem quite an obvious statement, but the influence of the current on our Course Over the Ground and VMG is one of the biggest subject to discuss when we speak about racing in current. We’ve seen in the article “The wind triangle” how current affects the wind we sail [...]

CURRENT & TACTICS V: COURSE OVER GROUND and VMG2022-06-16T11:17:53+02:00

CURRENTS & TACTICS IV: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COASTLINE SHAPE AND UNDERWATER BATHYMETRY

When sailing and racing along the coast there are local effects that we have to consider. “The wind will back next to that cape”, “be careful of the funnel effect between those two islands”, “the wind-shadow of those cliffs is really big (…)” are all expressions we have heard many times. But, what about the [...]

CURRENTS & TACTICS IV: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COASTLINE SHAPE AND UNDERWATER BATHYMETRY2022-06-16T11:19:59+02:00

CURRENTS & TACTICS II – THE WIND TRIANGLE

Every sailor in the world has seen this image (the wind triangle) on the board of a sailing school’s classroom or in a yachting manual. What some sailors may have missed from that lesson or that chapter of the manual is what influence the current has upon the Apparent Wind. If we look at [...]

CURRENTS & TACTICS II – THE WIND TRIANGLE2022-06-21T09:10:09+02:00
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