Recommendations
After many years skippering on numerous yachts we have used a wide range of equipment. We recommend the following:
| Equipment type | Model | Website |
| Hand held plotters | Lowrance Expedition C | |
| Instruments | Tacktic | www.tacktick.com |
| Instruments | Brookes and Gatehouse | |
| Autopilots | Robertson | |
| Autopilots | Brookes and Gatehouse | |
| Sails | Calibre Sails | |
| Tide watches | Rip Curl | |
| Hand held GPS | Garmin | |
| Weatherfax software | Xaxero | |
| Knives | Leatherman | |
| Knives | C Currey Ltd | |
| Hand held compass | Plastimo | |
| Binoculars | Westmarine | |
| Plotting software | Maxsea | |
| Routing service | Bob McDavitt | |
| Other software | Pangolin | |
| Wet weather gear | Musto | |
| Wet weather gear | RFD | |
Services
| Weather | Forecasts | http://www.globalmarinenet.com/ |
| Panama Canal Agent | Enrique Plummer handles all transit requirements | http://www.panamacanalyacht.com/ |
| Weather | Commanders weather | |