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Recent Publications

Rich has written for Ocean Navigator, Ocean Voyager, Sailing Today, Sail, Blue Water Sailing, Pacific Yachting, DYI Boat Owner and Good Old Boat. Here are a few of his recent publications in no particular order:







  • Tracking Cyclones in the South Pacific: A Case Study, Ocean Navigator, May/June 2016
  • 'Remote' is a relative term: Ocean Navigator, March/April 2019, pgs 4, 14-16, 23 
  • Choosing an Offshore Sailboat: Ocean Navigator, November/December 2019
  • Recuring Weather Patterns, Ocean Navigator, Sept/Oct 2017
  • Against All Reason: Braving the Gap Winds of Central America, Ocean Navigator, January/February 2014
  • The Ninety-degree Detour, Ocean Navigator, May/June 2015
  • Jungle-River Tactics: A Visit to Panama’s DariĆ©n Province, the Rio Sambu, La Chunga, and the Embera Tribe: Ocean Navigator, May/June 2014
  • Hardened Protection: Designing and Building an Aluminum Hard Dodger: Ocean Voyager, Annual Issue 2013 
  • Controlling Condensation Belowdecks: Ocean NavigatorNovember/December 2010
  • Isla de Guadalupe: Harsh Realm Offshore Mexico:  Ocean Navigator, Issue #183, January/February 2010
  • Solar-Array Dynamics:  Ocean Voyager, Annual 2010, Issue #185
  • High-Seas Drifter: the Code-Zero Solution:  Ocean Voyager, Annual 2011, Issue #193
  • Installing a Gravity-Feed Day Tank:  Sailing Today, April 2009 
  • Getting Past Cape Mendocino:  Ocean Navigator, Issue #180, September 2009
  • Crossing the North Pacific High:  Ocean Navigator, Issue 168, March/April 2008


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