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Shop Talk

Tools of the Trade

Time spent working at an iconic Annapolis chandlery was one of the best things to happen to the author

Great Loop Shoptalk

A conversation with Kim Russo, the Executive Director of the American Great Loop Cruising Association.

ShopTalk: When A Boat, A Whale, And Fate Collide

I had to chuckle earlier when Adam told me his primary reason for installing the FLIR thermal camera on Spirit of Adventure was due to his major fear of running into a whale at night. But then…

Shop Talk: PassageMaker Scores A First Ever

We have lift-off. A pesky buzz, like that from a chorus of humming birds, lifted our photo drone from the hands of its minder and into the air to capture a Greenline 48 and out little place in history.

Three side-by-side screenshots from the Navionics app showing nautical charts of Hell Gate and Wards Island, contrasting a correct manually plotted water route on the left with two flawed AI-generated routes on the middle and right that erroneously plot course lines directly across land.

A Suspicious Plot

I used AI to chart a course through a notorious waterway. The results were unusable.

An exterior dusk photograph looking through the large side windows into the illuminated, warm cherrywood salon and helm area of a Sabre motor yacht as the sun sets over the water.

South by Down East

A brisk November run from Connecticut to New Jersey showcases just how comfortable the Sabre 51 Salon Express really is.

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