How-to: Seamanship

PHOTOS: E.J. Bruinekool Fotografie Smart owners do a good deal of research before selecting a superyacht builder, but 35 years of research? That’s how long the owner of Uisge Beatha had been following activity at Jongert Shipyard before commissionin... …Read More

NASA research provides hope for an effective, new preventive technique against seasickness. …Read More

Wilbur Yachts, the Maine boatbuilder, has just launched a new Wilbur 46 that combines Downeast tradition with cutting-edge technology. …Read More

Renting an EPIRB from BoatU.S. for the occasional offshore passage might just save your life; like it did for these three sailors off the coast of northern California. Check out the video for the dramatic Coast Guard rescue. …Read More

Here’s something a lot of boaters don’t realize: When your boat breaks down and you call a fee-for-service tow company, they start charging you the minute they leave port to come find you—and they keep charging you long after they’ve actually towed you, until their own boat has returned to port. These charges can average $250 [...] …Read More

How to avoid summer storms when aboard your PWC or boat …Read More

The problem: The wind will carry you Dead Down Wind, but DDW is slow. DDW is especially “slow” in a fast race boat sailing against similar boats that are using narrower wind angles to generate more apparent wind and additional speed. But would it be possible to create a contraption that captures the wind and uses [...] …Read More

 Is a power cat good in a head sea? Someone asked me that question lately, and my eyebrows hit the ceiling—how could one even ask? Running in a head sea is the situation in which a cat shines, and anyone who’s been aboard one for any extended period of time knows it. Just look at a cat’s [...] …Read More

You can file your own “citizen scientist” reports on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster and contribute  information about what’s really happening down there. All you have to do is download the free iPhone app called “MoGo,” short for Mobile Gulf Observatory, from scientists at UMass Amherst. If you live in or are visiting [...] …Read More

How big were your kids when you put the boat away last winter? How big are they now that you’re on the water again—and do they still fit into the life jackets you have onboard? According to the 2009 Life Jacket Wear Rate Observation Study from the U.S. Coast Guard, which incorporates data going back to 1998, [...] …Read More