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AIS, Radar, and GPS have blind spots

October 15th, 2026

A LaGuardia runway collision and tug captains asking why sailboats hide their AIS: why no single electronic system sees everything.

July 1st, 2026

Previous generations relied on maps in their car, and charts on their boat, but today we push a button for

June 23rd, 2026

The location of Scuttlebutt HQ is a bike ride from Naval Base Point Loma – home to the US Navy’s

June 10th, 2026

How routing software turned offshore racing into a different game. Report by Yacht Racing Performance Coach Stuart Greenfield: It was

May 17th, 2026

by Stuart Greenfield, Yacht Racing Performance Coach For offshore racers, routing software has moved a long way from being a

October 16th, 2025

Mark Chisnell recalls for Yachting World how a tiny calibration error with a boat’s new instrument system turned a tactical

October 5th, 2025

by Peter Swanson, Loose Cannon Ask an audience of cruisers to identify the optimal light for nighttime navigation, and most

September 20th, 2025

When the U.S. Coast Guard asked in May 2025 for public input on their proposal to discontinue some aids to

July 16th, 2025

Peter Isler, a two-time America’s Cup winner and navigator aboard Pyewacket in the 2025 Transpac Race from Los Angeles to

June 4th, 2025

When the US Coast Guard asked for public input regarding a proposed reduction in the northeast USA to navigational aids,