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boat handling

Tide and Currents

Consulting tide charts for safe arrival and departure is good practice, but tidal currents need to be considered as well.

Elevating Your Cruise

Adapting to new technology may be harder for some boaters than others, but it’s the way of the future.

Piloting Ahead of Your Boat

An exciting and busy Trawlerfest reminds me that it’s never too late to go back to the basics of boat handling.

Look Up

Responsible boat handling and good seamanship require balancing helm technology with situational awareness.

Eyes on the Water

Watchkeeping is an underappreciated skill that should always be part of operating the boat.

Solo Passagemaking

The risks are numerous when single-handing a medium- to large-size cruising boat.

Distracted Driving

Mobile phones and other devices divert our attention from piloting our boats, sometimes with serious results.

Rock and Roll

A guide to understanding waves, wave forecasting, and how best to handle your boat in them.

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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