How an Autonomous Ship Maps the Oceans
Saildrone’s 72-foot Unmanned Surveyor Aims to Map the Uncharted Ocean With roughly 81 percent of the world’s oceans still unmapped, a California-based company is deploying an innovative approach:…
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Soundings Wins Top Awards for Writing and Photography
Soundings and AIM Marine Group Secure Multiple Honors in BWI Writing Competition Last week Boating Writers International (BWI) announced the winners of its annual writing and photography competition.…
Woman Sets Solo Rowing World Record
Jasmine Harrison Becomes Youngest Solo Female to Row Across the Atlantic Jasmine Harrison, a 21-year-old swim instructor and bartender from North East England, has become the youngest solo…
Mercury Verado 600: Outboard Engine Specs & Performance
The Mercury Verado 600 is nominally an outboard—because it mounts to a boat’s transom—but in every other respect it represents a major leap forward in outboard motor design.…
Mercury Unveils 600-hp Verado Outboard: Its Most Powerful Yet
The Mercury Verado 600 is, technically, an outboard motor because it mounts to a boat’s transom. But in practice it represents a major rethink of what an outboard…
Model Sailboats: Build, Race, and Join Local Clubs
Model Sailboat Regattas: A Brief History and Modern Revival Model sailboat skippers gather for a regatta in Marblehead, Massachusetts, in this early 20th-century image from the collections at…
Aspen C108: Specs, Features and User Review
Larry Graf, founder and chief designer of Aspen Power Catamarans, has taken his boats to some of the planet’s most remote and demanding environments — from Siberia to…
Solidarity at Sea: How Coastal Communities Unite
Vendée Globe Rescue: Jean Le Cam Saves Kevin Escoffier in the Southern Ocean Twenty-nine years after Queen Elizabeth II called 1992 her “annus horribilis,” and after a year…
Sea Stories March 2021: Ocean Tales and Maritime News
What We’re Listening To Jeff Spira’s Beyond plans and drawings, Spira shares his hands-on knowledge through the Spotify podcast “Spira Boat Building.” The show is a rich resource…
Fleming 55: Why This Yacht Improves With Age
In the early 1980s, after a 25-year career as a production engineer at Grand Banks, Tony Fleming set out to design and build his own motoryacht. The British-born,…
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