1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (354+ words) Yesterday was a busy day for the Gladys family of orcas, which rammed four boats off of Northwest Spain, sinking one. The sloop Idem is believed to be the eight vessel sunk since Orcas began “interacting” with sailboats in May…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1457+ words) This article was originally published on August 22, 2024 and is repeated here as unmanned surface vessels proliferate, making national and international news. You might say the recent collision between a speeding powerboat and an unmoored “unmanned surface vehicle” was an accident…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (272+ words) Yusiel Lopez Insua, 46, pleaded guilty Tuesday to seaman's manslaughter in connection with the deaths of three girls learning to sail in Biscayne Bay. Insua admitted to operating a barge with obstructed visibility and without a proper lookout, which led to…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (422+ words) The author is a retired telecom/satcom professional who cruises the East Coast with his wife Louise aboard a 52-foot steel trawler yacht named Vector. He is Loose Cannon’s go-to guy in matters of regulations and best practices. Dear U.S....

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (803+ words) Henk van Oosten is a Dutch sailor and professional predictor of the future. When van Oosten retired from his job as an innovation expert, he combined sensibilities from both vocation and avocation, reexamined historical assumptions and proceded to rewrite The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (674+ words) Put yourself in Dale Perrigo’s shoes. Go back to September 23, when your 2005 Manta 44 powercat catches fire while docked at Marathon, badly damaging the saloon and helm area. No one was on board when it happened, and the cause was not…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (799+ words) No, the Marine Trader that sank off Alcatraz was not overloaded with people. According to our go-to-expert on marine disasters, the 50-footer had almost surely been sinking long before anyone noticed. Then, at the critical point, she went under too…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (457+ words) The author is a nautical novelist and author of the Substack Sailingwriter, where this story was first published on July 7, 2026. It is reprinted here with permission. Scroll to the bottom for a link to an excerpt from the book discussed…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (924+ words) This story first appeared on July 26, 2023. While writing a story recently about a harbor plagued by petroleum spills, I was reminded of being a kid and reading about mariners using oil to help survive offshore storms. It was the 1960s, so…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (579+ words) According to the American Tug bankrupcy petition, four vessels are in various stages of completion at the La Conner, Washington factory. The buyers of one of those boats last week filed a criminal complaint alleging the company CEO had defrauded…...