1. Who developed this coating? a. Northeast Maritime Institute in Fairhaven, MA USA has an engineering group under its sister company Transportation Security

It appears as though some less fortunate souls might have an alternative plan for the World Surfing Championship set to go off in Bali next month.  According

This is a word cloud depicting the most commonly used words this week on gCaptain. Thanks to Peter Mello for pointing us to this neat feature at

Our friends at theboaters.com have came up with a fun game called “Complete The Caption”. Each day they post a new photo submitted by their users

Welcome to this 119th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 69 here. (Published 30 July 2007) You can find last week’s edition here.

Photo from New Launch Even if you are thousands of miles from the nearest land you probably didn’t miss the big news in the technology world this week;

Our favorite competitor in professional mariner news, Marine-Buzz.com, recently had an exceptional post on maritime technology used to launch rockets into

Click on the image for Interactive Version. Technorati Tags: oil, offshore,

Many thanks to all our readers for making this happen! And Stay-Tuned for more great features coming soon!!  

Announcing a new feature of gCaptain’s Tools Section… Event Calendars! We have scoured the web for all the events, conferences and exhibitions in

The above shows a notice box on NOAA’s current 24hr Surface Prediction Chart which can be found HERE. It states: On 08/15/08 the limits of this chart

Maritime Global Net tells us: Cruise West’s Spirit of Glacier Bay is reported to have run aground in Glacier Bay. The US Coastguard is attending the

Welcome to this 118th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 68 here. (Published 23 July 2007) You can find last week’s edition here.

Growing up in New York was a kid’s dream. Summers were filled with sailing adventures on the Long Island Sound, frequent trips to Jones beach and days

Ship Name: RCMP vessel St Roch (pronounced “Saint Rock”) Vital Statistics (1944 configuration): Length: 31.8 m (104’3”) Beam: 7.5 m (24’7”)

You have all done well on the previous quizes so here’s a challenge. What’s featured in the picture above? UPDATE: Ignacio-Wenley Palacios

This weeks big story in the world of cruise ship is Holland America’s unveiling of it’s newest and largest ship, Eurodam. The Eurodam will be the

gCaptain has recently expanded into the web design and development business. We recently completed an overhauld of Northeast Maritime Institute‘s website

What non-required training class are you most likely to take. ( surveys) Course Details: Major Emergency Managment High Angle Rope Rescue Sail Training Dynamic

Test your marine geography knowledge with this URI/NOAA map of the World’s Largest Watersheds and Currents. To get you started here are the first three