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There’s An App For That

So many apps now exist for boaters. Electronics editor Ben Stein unpacks the top-shelf maritime apps available.

Bird Patrol

Seabirds fitted with radar detectors are helping to pinpoint vessels that turn off their transponders.

The Whole Picture

Relying on AIS? There may be more out there than what you see on the screen.

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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