On the Water: News & Events

A friend recommended I check out the “Careful Catch” web site, which is all about catch and release fishing, and was surprised to discover plenty of good saltwater fishing tips along with the catch and release info. If you want to learn more about how to safely release fish – and how to catch more [...] …Read More

Pardon me if I use an entry on the improving state of marine iPhone apps to illustrate my concerns about NOAA's local chart screw ups, but it works (I think).  Navimatics Charts&Tides 3.6.2 was the first charting program of any sort I've see... …Read More

Today I added a new Panbo category for gear I try which is not electronics related, but which is good enough that you might want to know about it.  Like the Moonlite Marine rail cleat above.  I'd never seen one in the aluminum and stainless... …Read More

Okay, most places where people sail, you wouldn’t see this mix of geography, seabreeze, and sailing types. Beyond that, the quiz of the day goes, why is this truly, Only In San Francisco? As seen from Crissy Field, Andrew Koch (kite Blue #19) has just tacked short of the rocks and is setting [...] …Read More

Will bluefin tuna fishing be shut down in the near future? According to the New York Times, an environmental advocacy group called the Center for Biological Diversity filed a request under the Endangered Species act, requesting that this fish be placed on the endangered species list – thus ending fishing for them. The request is, [...] …Read More

T-bulb keel and twin rudders on the new First 30 will set it apart, but now we're seeing a color scheme that finishes the job. …Read More

SBT releases scanner tool that will allow independent shops the ability to diagnose and troubleshoot Sea-Doo four-stroke engines. …Read More

You can file your own “citizen scientist” reports on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster and contribute  information about what’s really happening down there. All you have to do is download the free iPhone app called “MoGo,” short for Mobile Gulf Observatory, from scientists at UMass Amherst. If you live in or are visiting [...] …Read More

Solo sailors under way from San Francisco to Hanalei Bay are finding the breeze slowly filling in for them today, after a spell of difficult going in light air. George Lythcott on the Express 27, Taz, noted that some of his fellow racers had begun questioning whether or not they’d make the race banquet [...] …Read More

I don't like what some Japanese companies, supported by their government, are doing to whales, but I'm smart enough to know that a reasonable alternative to Sea Shepherd's nasty headline above might be: "Furuno won't give (or sell) Sea Shepherd a new... …Read More