Ahoy! Welcome to Bluewater Adventure
Worldwide Ocean Cruising Series & Cruiser’s Information Internet Portal
Featuring Streaming Videos, Podcasts, Sailing Forums, Crew & Vessel Search, Thousands of Links and More!
Bluewateradventure.net is hi-bred, Coastal and Offshore Cruiser's Internet Portal in the form of a comprehensive reference, education, crew & vessel networking web site featuring streaming video & audio, Podcasts, 1,000 plus informative marine website links and much more. Navigate links to quickly find information, products, vendors, advise, marine environment sites and more, Download and watch or listen to Podcasts that cover virtually anything related to preparing vessels and crew for making passage in coastal or bluewater cruising, worldwide.
In our Bluewater Adventure Series we feature the entire "real world" process of readying the 1963, 50ft. Classic S&S sloop, JANDY Preparing for worldwide cruising and continued production, this on-going series features presentations on the installations, uses and processes associated with, equipping, rigging, refinishing and outfitting from the bottom of the keel to top of the mast, stem to stern. From RADAR, GPS, Communications, Navigation, Safety & Emergency Equipment, Engine Room Supplies, Sails, Rigging and Lines, to Tailing Winches, Rain Catchers, Galley Gear, Watermakers, Ship Stores, Foul Weather Gear, Outboard, Inflatables, Liferafts and much more . . . Bluewater Adventure episodes feature the world's best marine tools, equipment, products, services, suppliers and experts that directly apply to any one preparing to sail the world . . . . . . . Education from world class bluewater sailing experts and professional tradesman share their valuable knowledge and expertise to help you make educated decisions for all of the preparations & needs for world cruisers and their vessels.
Our site is continuously under construction, so please check back often for updates and additions.
Fair Winds & Safe Sail . . . . . . JANDY clear _/)_
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EPISODES NOW IN POST-PRODUCTION - COMING SOON
“Master Shipwrights”
of Port Townsend
Work Their Magic
60 Min.
“sv JANDY Down to the Wood”
Planks, Seams & Finished Hull
40 Min.
“Worldwide eMail @ Sea”
SSB Radiotelephone & SAT Phone Systems, Software
& Techniques 60 Min.
Gourmet Beach Food
& Fresh Foods from the Sea
EPISODES IN PRE-PRODUCTION
“Copper Cladding a Classic”
60 Min. Haulouts for Life
40 Min.
“Wind, Solar & Batteries”
Designing a System to
Fit Your Vessels Needs
60 Min.
Coming Feature Articles & Episodes
REFINISHING: Techniques
& Quality Finishes
COMMUNICATIONS: Using VHF &
Single Sideband Radiotelephones, eMail @ Sea, Broadband @ Sea NAVIGATION: New RADAR’s, GPS
Chart Plotters & Weather FAX’s
ELECTRONICS: Charts & Plotting
Software, SAT Weather Downloads
SAIL COMPLIMENT: Main & Storm Sails, Sail Maintenance, Care, Protection & Repairs Underway
RIGGING: Wind Vanes,
Adding an Inner Stay, Vangs, Blocks, Sail Track Upgrades, Choosing & Preparing Lines
SAFETY AS SEA: EPIRBs, AIS,
DSC Alert, Liferafts, MOB Equipment, First Aid Kits
& Sea Anchors
ESSENTIAL PASSAGE EQUIPMENT: Watermakers, Back Up Stoves, Preparing
Ship Stores
ELECTRICAL: Designing Battery Systems, Charger/Inverters, Solar & Wind for Power
DOWNLOAD CENTER
Handy tools in Word & PDF
Ships Stores Log
Engine Room Log
RADAR Log
Weather Log
International VHF Channels
International SSB Channels
The Beaufort Scale
Regional VHF
Marine Weather
Streaming Worldwide Live
COMING SOON
The Bluewater Adventure Series & Internet Portal flagship vessel JANDY is being rigged and readied for worldwide offshore cruising using the best tools, equipment, supplies and processes the world has to offer. Below you will find direct links to the quality suppliers we have chosen to rig and outfit JANDY for safe, secure world cruising . . while continuing to educate, learn and explore the worlds greatest ports of call, regattas and bluewater destinations . . . _/)_
