Navigating reef shoals: reading a nautical chartplotter while underway
The boat's smartphone-based nautical chartplotter shows a plotted magenta course line threading through reef shoals, with a current depth reading of 32.2 ft and speed over ground of 5.38 knots. Using a dedicated marine GPS navigation app like this allows the crew to monitor real-time telemetry and stay on a safe route through shallow, reef-strewn water, which is especially critical in French Polynesian atolls where depths change quickly.
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During a wildlife search flight, Lauren Landers Sailing keeps an eye on both altitude and battery level simultaneously. At 40 metres (about 120 to 130 feet) the drone still provides a useful overview, but for spotting smaller species like b
What it feels like to transit an atoll for the first time without it being too sketchy
After completing the pass entry, Lauren reflects that the conditions were relatively flat, which made for a good first experience. The key takeaway is that if the waves had been bigger, waiting for them to settle would have been the right c
MembersFollowing a shared Navionics track from another boat through coral bommies
After clearing the pass, Lauren Landers Sailing follows a Navionics navigation track that another boat had recently shared. The GPS vessel icon moves along a charted pink route line plotted carefully between shallow coral reef formations an