On the Water

Laura Dekker lives in the Netherlands and wants to sail around the world – solo and now.  She’s 14. Dekker was born at sea on her parent’s boat and has wanted to sail her Jeanneau 38, Guppy, solo around the world – a desire that launched Dutc... …Read More

BRINGING ALCHEMY TO THE WIND “Because it wasn’t there.” Sir Edmund Hillary All photos by Kimball Livingston Oops, I guess that’s a slight misquote of Hillary. But how else to introduce Rick Cavallaro, who invented an unproblem and then solved it—to the consternation of many an internet flamer—and opened up new possibilities in wind energy extraction, all [...] …Read More

The Coast Guard announced it will be cracking down on the practice of bow riding, meaning you can’t ride in the bow cockpit, as pictured above, while the boat is underway. According to the Coast Guard News website, this will take effect in the 5... …Read More

The senior instructor for the American Boat and Yacht Council talks about electronics, his favorite boats, and what scares him most. …Read More

The White Marlin Open, the world’s biggest billfish fishing tournament, begins today and we’ll have results here on the blog, asap! Anglers leaving ports from New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia will be competing to take home cash prizes and bragging rights, for the biggest white marlin, biggest fish overall, biggest tuna, biggest mahi, and [...] …Read More

Grahame Shannon, who's been discussed here as the developer of Avia Design software, recently put together a PC, comms, and sensor system -- details here -- meant to showcase his latest AviaSail program.  Then he went racing across the Pacific w... …Read More

These past few weeks, I've been writing incessantly about newly announced deals and discounts for charter yachts in every last one of the world's major summer cruising regions. Today marks a new twist on yacht owners trying to buck the global recession... …Read More

Sea-Doo unveils 2011 PWC lineup August 30, 2010 at 12 noon. …Read More

And what rough beast, it’s hour come ’round at last, slouches toward Bethlehem to be born? All photos by Kimball Livingston Below, friends, is a document that I want on record at the Blue Planet Times. I’ll be referring to it on Monday, when I write the story of the first vehicle ever to go Dead [...] …Read More

Panbo reader Pat Harmon is cruising Alaska aboard M/V Sun Dancer and he kindly agreed to write about some gear, seen above, that's helping him stay in touch: I recently installed a cell phone booster on my 43' North Pacific trawler, and although I a... …Read More