It was recently announced that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has received one of the most sophisticated high-tech aircraft in the world, which will be used to detect ... Read More

Recently the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report titled “GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM: Significant Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Widely Used Capabilities” that warned the system is at risk ... Read More

There comes a time when we must all admit something. Well, maybe not all of us—and some of us may blame it on something we ate, or on those gargantuan ... Read More

National Safe Boating Week is coming up soon – May 16-22 – and this is a good time to review your basic safety equipment and practices. Maybe because I frequently sail ... Read More

A couple weeks ago I wrote about a new gee-whiz iPhone app that turns your Apple cell phone into a miniature handheld plotter—and I hypothesized about the trouble that could ... Read More

That Beautiful Hinckley 48 yawl in the photo is calling to me. I heard her all the way from St. Martin all winter, but when she reached Bermuda earlier this ... Read More

Now that summer is almost upon us, lots of us are getting our boats ready to splash in for the season. And notices of sail races are popping up everywhere—ignored ... Read More