Last month I described AIS (Automatic Identification System, a new collision avoidance and ship i.d. system) and how it can be of use to recreational sailors. This month we look at what’s currently available or coming soon. The most basic …

AIS is a new collision avoidance and ship identification system, and I have been surprised to find in my conversations with boaters that very few people actually know about it. AIS stands for Au tomatic Identification System and, in a …

I live aboard and sail my boat, Lady Pauline, full time. Last year, I left home base in the Chesapeake Bay to see the world in this trusty little yacht and am now in the Grenada, hunkered down for the …