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Boating Apps for Iphone & IPad.

2011-01-25T05:27:00.000-08:00

There are hundreds of boating, yachting, sailing and navigation apps for IPhone, IPad and IPod touch for all mariners to use. Some applications are free and others you can buy. They range from navigation charts, shipping regs, to the anchor watch app.
The Navionics mobile marine charts for example sell 11 IPhone gold charts regions and 7 IPad gold chart regions, some of these chart regions start as low as $9.99 for the US.

These apps are great fun and can also be helpful on your boat.
Here are few examples:Ship Finder, Marine Rules & signals, AyeTides,Knot Guide, iDrifter Anchor watch, Bombora Weather,Boating Suite • Log Book & Expense Log, Fleetmon mobile vessel tracking, shipping regs,and more...
All these boating friendly apps and more can be found and purchase here: http://www.yachtinginsider.com/charts.html
warning:
The electronic chart is an aid to navigation designed to facilitate the use of authorized government charts, not to replace them. Only official government charts and notices to mariners contain all information needed for the safety of navigation, and as always, the captain is responsible for their prudent use.
Always remember the prudent mariner will not rely solely on any single aid to navigation.
all charts and maps are for reference purposes only. You assume all responsibility and risk
for their use .Boaters should carry VHF, paper charts, compass and boat marine GPS onboard at all time.

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More Nautical Rhymes and Saying.

2009-11-29T06:11:00.000-08:00

We all heard these nautical saying that help us remember weather warnings,the rules of the road and superstitious, sailors, seaman's, fisherman's, and boaters, all use them. Brought to you by:http://www.yachtinginsider.com/

1.Men and ships rot in port...

2.Smooth sea never made a skillful sailor...

3.One hand for yourself one for the ship...

Weather Lore.

4.When the wind is blowing in the North
No fisherman should set forth.

5.When the wind is blowing in the East,
'Tis not fit for man nor beast.

6.When the wind is blowing in the South
It brings the food over the fish's mouth.

7.When the wind is blowing in the West,
That is when the fishing's best!

8.No weather is ill, if the wind be still.

9.Seagull, seagull sit on the sand.
It's never good weather when you're on land.

10.When halo rings the moon or sun, rain's approaching on the run.

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Reference weather lore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_lore#endnote_low

Living the Dream Get Job on a Yacht.

2009-11-22T08:18:00.000-08:00

If you like boats and the sea try to have a job on a yacht as a crew even if you don’t have any experience! You can make good money doing this. As a start you can get a deckhand or a stewardess job with no experience on some yachts if you’re willing to listen and learn, take some courses and training such as STCW95, silver service or attend the Chapman school of seamanship etc.

This can help you get a job faster and as you gain experience while working hard you can advance even to a captain one day if you will take the necessary training and courses in due time. So if you are a young guy or gal starting early in the mega yacht industry and with any luck and know how you will run a mega yacht, or be engineer, first mate, purser, chef, or chief stewardess one day.

Crew earn great salaries and get perks like full board and food, annual paid leave, insurance, tips and bonuses. In 2008 there were 25 km or 15 miles of new yacht over 80 ft under construction throughout the world. It’s estimated that 5,000 new crew will be required to fill these positions. If you like to earn good money travel the world and have fun while you doing this look for a crew job on a mega yacht. I have many friends that did that. To find jobs on yachts for beginner or experience crew with no fees click here http://www.yachtinginsider.com/nav15.html

Navionics Mobile v3.1 Now Available.

2009-08-29T13:40:00.000-07:00

Navionics continues to add even more features and functionality to its award-winning navigation and fishing app for iPhone. iPhone users are quickly discovering the value of Navionics renowned marine charts and lake maps. “Not only are users getting the best available fishing and navigation charts on their iPhone, but they’re also getting tide and current info, and the largest database of specialty marine points-of-interest available,” said Susan James, Mobile product manager for Navionics. James continued, “You can plan your adventures anytime and anywhere… check tides and currents, set routes and markers, and search for marinas. While on the water you can track your navigation, capture geotagged pictures, and create a virtual travelogue of your entire trip that you can share with your friends and family by email or on Facebook.”Click here to get the Apps:

What’s new in 3.1?• Input lat/long coordinates• Selectable Marker icons• Screen Lock• Hundreds of updated map features• Improved email sharing• Additional specialty marine POI added, including waterfront restaurants
There are currently 30 cartographic Apps to choose from, that cover the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. With Navionics Mobile, it doesn’t matter whether you’re an expert boater, sailor, or angler already familiar with Navionics charts, or a novice navigator, you can unleash the fun of navigation with Navionics Mobile for a very low price starting at $9.99 Click here to get the Apps at great price:

Always remember the prudent mariner will not rely solely on any single aid to navigation.Warning: all charts and maps are for reference purposes only. You assume all responsibility and risk for their use .Boaters should carry paper charts compass and a marine GPS on board at all time.

$9.99 Navionics® Mobile Marine Charts for IPhone, limited time offer.

2009-05-25T09:18:00.000-07:00

Now you can purchase for a limited time Navionics mobile marine charts for your IPhone for only $9.99 for some regions, at a fraction of the regular cost, you can get for exampleUSA east coast ENTIRE US EAST COAST – Including Martha’s Vinyard, Nantucket, Hudson River, Lake Champlain, Long Island Sound, Block Island, Delaware Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Northern Bahamas to Long Island, Cay Sal Bank, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas, Fort Myers, Charlotte Harbor, Tampa Bay and north to Horseshoe Beach for only $9.99.

You can also purchase GOLD USA WEST, GOLD USA CENTRAL ,HotMAPS WEST ,HotMAPS SOUTH for $9.99 each. Also you can purchase gold Caribbean & central A, for $9.99 gold great lakes for $9.99 and many more international charts from $9.99 – $49.99. THIS IS A LIMITED TIME OFFER.
You can plan your next on-the-water excursion anytime or anywhere because the charts reside permanently on the iPhone. You can place digital markers as proof of where you caught all those fish, or you can show your friends exactly where you’ve sailed, I guess that might be categorized as fun, but you get the idea – literally – and so will your friends.

You might need to upgrade your IPhone software to 2.2.1 virsion and get the Navionics chart viewer for free.
Click here to find all the worldwide charts downloads, then choose the charts you like to purchase at this great prices.
Always remember the prudent mariner will not rely solely on any single aid to navigation.
Warning all charts and maps are for reference purposes only.you assume all responsibilty and risk for their use. Boaters should carry paper charts and compass on board at all times.
Apple, the Apple logo, iPod, and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc. Navionics® Mobile Marine Charts is a trademark of Navionics S.p.A .

Nautical Saying and Rhymes.

2009-04-04T07:03:00.000-07:00

We all heard these nautical saying that help us remember weather warnings,the rules of the road and superstitious, sailors, seaman's, fisherman's, and boaters, all use them, here are the first 10 more to come... Brought to you by:http://www.yachtinginsider.com/insider1.html

1. Red Sky at night... Sailors delight.

2.Red Sky in the morning... Sailors take warning.

3.Red over green... Sailing machine.

4.Red over white... Fishing at night.

5.Red right return...navigational aids

6.White over red... Pilot ahead.

7.Be true to me... Find compass variation.

8.West is best...Find compass variation.

9.East is least...Find compass variation.

10.Friday sail always fail.... ?
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Trip To Bimini Images.

2009-02-28T08:50:00.000-08:00

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View This Blog On a Mobile Device.

2009-02-23T12:35:00.000-08:00

You can view this blog on a mobile device including IPhone.
To view the Blog "Go to Sea Forever" click on the links below and then Send The Link to Your Phone.
For mobile phones click here:http://yachting.mofuse.mobi/

Our 2008 Trips Images.

2008-12-22T15:21:00.000-08:00

2008 was a very busy year for us.
We visited the Bahamas six times and we also visited Israel.
Here are some of the images we took and we are sharing them with you.

To see all the images click here > > > http://www.yachtinginsider.com/yachtcharter.html

Piracy On The High Seas

2008-11-29T18:36:00.000-08:00

Piracy is back in a big way off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden as you see in the news almost everyday.

Most of the attacks are on big cargo ships and oil tankers
However Recently there was an attack on the PONANT: an 850 ton three masted French yacht that was sailing back to the Med from the Seychelles with a crew of 30.
French commandos Finlay freed the yacht and its crew by a raid on the pirate's village in Somalia.

For years there were pirate attacks in the South China Sea but nothing like the lawless Somalia piracy in recent years,they are using AK-47 and RPGs to captured ships and demanding multimillion dollar ransoms from the ship owners.

The 20,000 annual shipping voyages across the Gulf to get to and from Suez Canal reduce the voyage by almost half, thus saving the ships owners huge amount of money compared to sailing around the Cape of Good Hope.

There are some sailing yachts traveling these waters on their way to the Indian Ocean the Red Sea and the Med, most of these small yachts are sailing in convoy in this area for better security but this is far from a guaranty of not being attacked.

At this time 24 nations have their navy patrolling and escorting their merchant shipping but it is impossible to patrol all 2.5 million sq miles of dangerous waters in this area.
That is why some nations have called on their ship owners to use private security contractors to protect their vessels from being attacked.

The largest ship to be ever captured by pirates was a Saudi VLCC 1,080 foot oil tanker the Sirius Star, with 100 million dollars worth of oil on board for a total of 250 million dollars in ship and cargo value and a crew of 25. the Somalian pirates demand $25 millions in ransom and they are still negotiating.

This situation demand immediate and dramatic solution either by serious private security or by international naval coalition.

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Crew Phone Cards.

2008-11-24T15:07:00.000-08:00

Working on a yacht as a crew is one of the best job out there, but it comes with a little price - being away from friends and family for a along period of time.

Most yachts have a satellite phone system on board for the boss to use for his business calls and such, and for the captain to use for the day to day operating of the yacht and for emergencies.
It is still expensive to use a sat phone, the lowest rate are .75 cents per minute and most yacht owner's not allowed the use of the sat phone for personal calls.

Almost every mega yacht has international crew on board that need to make (in most cases) international calls, and that can be very expensive from a cell phone or any other land line.

The best solution is: International Phone Cards that are getting very cheap these days or PC to phone calls It's cheap,It's fast,It's convenient.
Click here to Buy pre-paid international phone cards at ComFi.com

Swimming With Sharks In The Bahamas.

2008-11-18T15:31:00.000-08:00

This video was taken by us in our trip to the Bahamas this summer in the Exumas .Visit: www.yachtinginsider.com to see more Exumas photos.
The swimmer is a professional diver. Do not try this in any circumstance .

Worldwide Yacht Charter Specials.

2008-11-07T04:30:00.000-08:00

If you looking to charter a yacht here is a great worldwide custom yacht charter company chartering sailboats to mega yachts in exotic locations worldwide including the Caribbean ,Bahamas, Med,USA,Indian Ocean,Se Asia,South Pacific & more.Huge selections of crewed motor yachts or bareboat catamarans chartering.Also find charter special deals, day boat charter, and green chartering.Same or better price than if you book direct.
Boatbookings works closely with our operators and owners to find you great special deals - last minute charter discounts, unique availability,early bird charter reductions,etc.
For more information visit:http://www.yachtinginsider.com/charter.html

Fuel Spill Prevention & Clean Up Products.

2008-10-09T14:56:00.000-07:00

Here is a great stop fuel spill tool andClean Water Soultions - Nature’s Way of Recycling.
Use oil eating Microbial Powder to eliminate oil contaminants on concrete, stone, and other porous surfaces.
The naturally cultured Archaea microbes consume and convert dangerous hydrocarbons into non-toxic carbon dioxide, water, and beneficial fatty acids through a process called Bio-remediation.
Bioremediation is Nature’s way of recycling.
Using oil eating microbial powder is an environmentally sound way to eliminate pollutants found on or near the water.
These microbes digest hydrocarbons — such as MTBE, oil, gasoline, diesel, nitrates, kerosene, marine deposits, and also animal feces, fish blood, and even odors — until they are gone.
Rest assured these are NOT genetically engineered organisms.
Easy to use, simply apply Microbial Powder with water onto oil contaminated areas.
For heavy oil build up, using one of our scrub brushes will help get the area cleaner faster.
The microbes are housed in an inert clay mixture that will leave an easy to clean residue behind.
Just sweep up the residue with a broom or damp towel.
For best results, use Microbial Powder with non-toxic Clean Water Blue liquid soap to loosen and emulsify heavy stains.
Clean Water Solutions products are currently in use in the following areas -
Fueling stations in marinas -
Bilges of tugboats, fishing and recreational boats -
At Fish cleaning stations for eliminating odors and fish entrails -
As containment booms, which not only contain but bioremediate -
Streams, lagoons, estuaries where animal feces are a problem -
Shellfish beds where breeding on water’s surface is important -
In bodies of water where kerosene is surfacing and has to be skimmed off the surface and disposed of -
For bioremediating leaking oil on obsolete military and commercial vessels -
Cleaning and bioremediating onboard vessels at sea so the discharge water will be clean -
Septic systems -
Commercial grease traps in restaurants -
For catch basins to clean the drain -
For sump systems to purify the water passing through the outflow pipe -
Available in an industrial size 25 pound bucket >>>>

Click here for Fuel Spill Prevention & clean up Supply .

2008-10-06T17:47:00.000-07:00