Articles Following are a number of relevant articles on the Mediterranean.
Most of these were published in the last few years in various yachting magazines. Photos have been kept to a minimum to keep download times smaller although some of the downloads may still take a while. Autopilots versus windvanes I t used to be the conventional wisdom that for offshore cruising a windvane self-steering gear was the first choice with autopilots the choice for inshore cruising. Equipping for the Mediterranean Yachts getting ready to cruise to the Mediterranean will generally be pretty well equipped with the essentials. Money will have been put aside for good navigation gear, probably a GPS and perhaps radar, instrumentation, sails and sail handling equipment, a good engine overhaul or perhaps a replacement engine, all the basics you need to go sailing out of home waters.