Technology

On October 21st the Office of Coast Survey announced it would no longer be producing paper charts as of April of next year. This was, of course, to be suspected if …

As Paul Bieker was headed home from San Francisco, I had a chance to catch up with him about the changes to Oracle during the America’s Cup finals. Bieker’s structural …

Jordan Hanssen is a a rower, adventurer and author and we’re big fans. He’s appearing this Friday at Seattle’s Fisheries Supply, accepting an honor and providing a first hand account …

Alert contributor Peter Marsh passed along a tip that, again, there’s talk of a new age of commercial sail. We’ll see. If the business press is writing about it, somebody’s …

Workboats are a big part of the waterfront, and their operators often take just as much pride in their vessel’s condition and performance as they would of their own personal …

On one level, it makes perfect sense. Unmanned military aircraft patrol the skies, piloted by someone in front of a computer with a joystick (or equivalent). They’re cheaper and safer …