Rock Musicians' Sailboats

I knew that David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young) had owned a large sailing vessel named Mayan, and that he had written several songs (performed by his group/s) that were about sailing or that included sailing as important (metaphorical) themes. I have just learned that Mayan has been for sale. The broker's video presentation is quite interesting.

I did not know that "occasional" band-mate Neil Young (who has had a respected career on his own) also has had a sailboat, Ragland, which has been on the market in recent years as well. Oh--Ragland has even been "here". (2003)

I thought these were interesting.

Mark_
13:26 20 October 2011

Navigation Software

I won't be investigating this myself, but here are links to a couple of navigation programs I found referenced/recommended in a sailing blog.  One is free; the other, not so much.

• Free: <http://opencpn.org> (Windows or Macintosh)
• Not-free: <http://rosepointnav.com/coastalexplorer2011/default.htm> (Windows only)

[Note that Intel Macintoshes can run real Windows at ordinary Windows speeds.]

Mark_
08:51  05 May 2011