
New Tech: The Intellian v240MT Satellite Antenna
The world’s first 2.4 meter triband and multi-orbit maritime VSAT antenna system, the Intellian v240MT, has won Via Satellite’s inaugural Satellite Technology of the Year Award.

The world’s first 2.4 meter triband and multi-orbit maritime VSAT antenna system, the Intellian v240MT, has won Via Satellite’s inaugural Satellite Technology of the Year Award.
My unit of the RCMSAR had 87 calls in 2015, making it the busiest volunteer marine SAR station in Canada. It’s a situation that motivates a tech enthusiast and advanced crew member like myself to think about better tools and procedures.

With the help of Google, Torqueedo electric power, solar panels, and a specially designed multihull boat, the Baykeeper project is hard at work photographing some 500 miles of coastline around the San Francisco Bay area.

Though far more in the realm of cool as opposed to power cruising, Autonomous Marine Systems has had its “Datamaran” in the Charles River since Monday for testing.

Automatic Identification System – or AIS – is one of the hottest product categories in marine electronics. In recent years, most manufacturers have added AIS

In August Globalstar brought online the last of 32 second-generation communications satellites, such as the one at left. It was part of a batch of

This aluminum vessel’s throwback design belies its modern systems, all installed for a Great Loop cruise.

The three-stateroom, semidisplacement model has a range of power options and a low air draft.

A solar-power system on our classic trawler lets us spend time moored or anchored with more than enough juice to meet our energy needs.

America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association has been helping boaters complete the ultimate voyage for a quarter century.

The steel-hull Nightfall, designed by William Garden, connects generations of this family through a love of cruising.

Larry Graf, the founder, designer and lead engineer of Aspen Power Catamarans, talks about Aspen’s proa hull designs and adventure cruising on his own creations from the Arctic to the Sea of Cortez.

With her vertical bow, reverse raked windshield and indoor-outdoor living space, the Galeon 430 EXP defies categorization.

It is called a razor because it shaves away unnecessary complexities, providing a simple solution to complicated questions.

Remembering Lifelong Marine Journalist Chris Caswell

A Master of Quiet Cruising