From the producer of the great Navagear blog comes a new offshoot that you may want to check out. From his announcement on Mad Mariner™:

For over a year, I've tried to strike a balance between relevant, on-topic gear and gadgets posts and fascinating, off-topic regional maritime stories. A lot of the great stories I've encountered were so far off-topic that I was obliged not to include them on Navagear at all. It's been a bit of a struggle.

"If only I had a publishing venue, parallel to Navagear, that would allow me to focus on a broader field of subjects with a narrower geographic scope..."