NOAA Charts 2.0 - more details
What do you get when you cross a paper chart with the web's ultimate mapper, Google Maps? Something very "new web" (web 2.0), or in plain English, really cool. Make...

Hot Features in Cool Races to Warm Places - more details
As if the Newport to Bermuda race isn't cool enough, this year's race features an online tracking feature. Follow the boats in near-real time (the race committee has imposed a four...

Clap, Thumbs Up, Clap, Yeah China - more details
Chinese officials have unveiled an official cheer for spectators at this summer's Olympic Games. The four-part cheer will be promoted on television, in schools and through a print advertising campaign....

And I Can Start in 16 Months... - more details
An English assurance manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Newcastle, England is leaving for his new job in Sydney, Australia. By sailboat. He estimates that the trip will take 16 months. Johnny...

Floating Whitehouse Coming Home - more details
John F. Kennedy's Presidential yacht is coming home to the Nation's Capital this weekend. For $14, you can head over to the Yacht Show at National Harbor June 5-8...

Tight Security for Olympic Opening - more details
In an unprecedented security move, officials for this summer's Olympic games in China have announced that tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies will be embedded with a microchip containing...

It's Not Sailing... - more details
It's not sailing. But it's still pretty great. On this day (May 23) in 1911, the New York Public Library was dedicated. The ceremony was presided over by President William Howard...

What Every Sailboat Needs - more details
Forget the fire extinguisher. VHF radio? Excess weight. GPS, charts, anchor -- hock them for this essential piece of nautical gear: A fully gimbaled champagne holder. Designed by a "famous Dutch...

Wake Karma? - more details
There are not many sailors who have not cursed "stinkpot" wakes. But is there such a thing as wake karma, the culmination of an overload of powerboat bad manners which...

Pop Quiz - more details
Q: Quick. It's blowing about forty knots-plus. You're by yourself in a high-tech sailboat surfing at speeds touching 20-knots. What do you do? A: Run up to the bow, hook up...