BLACK VOLTAGE

News & background

The Black VoltageLogbook

Notes from the boundary between reality and fiction. About seamanship, navigation, survival and writing the world of Black Voltage.

Eddy Hollander working on Black Voltage

Captain and thriller author

My introduction: how working at sea, bushcraft and a mysterious veil of mist in the Gulf of Finland came together in Black Voltage.

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 The M.S. Polaris during the first electrical pulse

What does dead reckoning mean?

How can you estimate a vessel’s position when satellites and modern instruments fall silent?

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 The schooner Marie-Jeanne at sea in heavy weather

Navigating without GPS

Why paper charts, compass, log and observation still belong to sound seamanship.

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 Fictional crew list of the M.S. Polaris on the bridge

Meet the crew of the M.S. Polaris

Six people sail from Pasajes. Meet Captain Eddy de Graaf and the crew with whom the story begins.

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 Laptop with a manuscript on the bridge of a coastal cargo ship

How do I write?

The canon of all three novels was set years ago. Now the work is research, writing and bringing the story to life.

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