Technology

You can never have enough weather apps when you’re a boater; the more resources, the more accurate your predictions are and the less likely you are to launch into some …

Skipper // Free for iOS & Android Among the many great navigational apps competing for the spotlight these days is the Skipper app, a popular and affordable option that’s been …

VesselView Mobile App // Free for iOS & Android Owners of Mercury outboard engines made in 2004 or later, lend us your ears! The new VesselView Mobile App (free) coupled …

Uber began testing a fleet of self-driving Ford Fusion cars in Pittsburgh in September, one more sure sign that self-driving cars are imminent. But the autonomous technology of the near …

The Future of Navigation? // $4.99 The Navionics Boating app has emerged as one of the most popular ones on the market and offers an impressive array of features for …

This month’s feature product pushes ocean-going technology to a whole new level. Furuno’s DRS4D-NXT utilizes solid-state Doppler radar technology and is one of only two radars that feature this advanced …

Here’s a list of boating apps by freelance writer Ally Mann. What are your favorites? Scroll down to “Comments” and share! By Ally Mann Cell phones can be both a …

Here’s one of those back-burner issues. The National Boating Federation is supporting a bill in Congress that would direct the Department of Defense to reboot LORAN (LOng RANge) in the …

PBS/NOVA is airing a fascinating show on undersea explorer Robert Ballard’s U-Boat research. Ballard found U-166 about 45 miles off the Louisiana coast, and that discovery solved a mystery and …

More from Karl Schulmeister’s visit to the Paris Boat Show. See Karl’s RIB report here.   Much of the power plant section filled with the usual players whom you will …

There is no doubt that we’re seeing more and better electronic safety devices all the time, especially compact ones boaters can carry around all the time. This one is from UK-based …

A good East Coast app has made its way to the West Coast, and all our whales will benefit. The Whale Alert app, originally developed to help mariners avoid right whale strikes, has …