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“These are our new best friends,” skipper Ken Read remarked as the Maltese-flagged containership Zim Monaco pulled up alongside his carbon fiber

I was walking along the seawall at the US Naval Academy last night when I saw the slightly lit shape of a huge sailboat moving silently and easily amongst

By Captain G. Andy Chase, Professor of Marine Transportation, Maine Maritime Academy   In this modern age, all maritime schools are spending a great

The date was Oct. 23, 2009 and so far, the sailing route from the Seychelles to Tanzania had been fairly clear of pirate activity. It was certainly considered

By Art Pine, images by Robert Almeida Step aboard a naval vessel these days, and you quickly see a stunning breadth of high-technology equipment. Navigating?

By William Lyons, Dow Jones & Co, Photo: RORC/Rick Tomlinson   In the crowded waters off the Isle of the Wight, within a fathom of the starting line

[youtube width=”600″ height=”506″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO073dcrcy4 Go figure… I can’t imagine the decision to

Rambler 100 skipper George David is interviewed this morning following the dramatic capsize of his yacht and successful rescue of his crew.

  Photo: Daniel Forster/Rolex Rambler 100, holder of the transatlantic record and one of the favorites to win this year’s Fastnet Race, capsized

Sir, just because you are racing doesn’t alleviate your requirement to obey the rules of the road. Seriously, you’re an embarrassment to the sport

Not sure why you would start a professional yacht race when an oil tanker was clearly heading toward the race course, come on Audi MedCup race committee,

WARNING TO: U.S. Registered Yachts and Sailing Vessels The U.S. Coast Guard strongly advises against all operation of and travel by U.S. yachts and sailing

Days before the Quest set off on its doomed trek across the Indian Ocean, Bill Rouse, a Texan attempting to sail around the world, made Quest owner Scott Adam

Each year hundreds of cadets graduate America’s Maritime Academies looking for a Third Mate job with the country’s best shipping companies. Polar

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has been a popular topic of discussion here at gCaptain and has been associated with a variety uses ranging from

Tom Weaver commented on our article we posted last night featuring his Eastport 32 powerboat design. It turns out Tom was at the helm of Playstation when the

This is not your typical boater in distress! Love love, the brain child of artist Julien Berthier, is a floating sculpture made from an actual sailboat that

I just returned from a few weeks in Annapolis, Maryland where I had the opportunity to catch up with my friend Tom Weaver, a career yachtsman with more

The United States Naval Academy won the MacMillan Cup Intercollegiate Regatta this past weekend in convincing fashion with 6 bullets in 8 races.  This regatta

By Rob Almeida – 8 March 2006 It was quite a day out here in the Gulf of Aden, the 600-mile stretch of ocean separating Somalia and Yemen, but