Borepatch

May as well have a really cool boat :    Most boats are a carefully considered compromise designed to cover as many bases as possible: float...

A cruise ship got stuck in the ice off Antarctica, and the Coast Guard (by chance) had an icebreaker nearby.  Well done. 

There are some great video shots of the ship under tow in this video.

Interesting . I would think this wouldn't just be limited to flights but also to shipping.  Chartplotters are an awfully handy thing but...

Still a lot of work to do and restrictions on size and weather conditions, but good news from Baltimore.  

Lots and lots of restrictions, but ships 60,000 tons or less and 30' draft will be able to pass through a new restricted channel into an...

There are a lot of people talking about this who don't know what they're talking about because they've never set foot on a boat,...

The Queen Of The World sent me this sad story : The   ship's   remarkable speed earned it the coveted Blue Riband award from Great Brita...

I knew that a sailboat under sail has right of way over powered vessels (technically the sailboat is the "Stand On" vessel and the...

... you can pick them up in the usual place . There are only two things I have to add to the discussion of the Titan/Titanic disaster: 1. Oc...

This is cool.

Interesting: German shipbuilder Lürssen, known for making super yachts for the exorbitantly wealthy, experienced a ransomware attack over Ea...

Four men are on a boat.  They have five cigarettes but nothing to light them with. They throw one cigarette overboard and the boat becomes a...

What are bald sea captains most worried about? Cap sizes. 

2 Carnival Cruise ships collide in Cozumel, Mexico; at least 6 people injured . On the plus side, it wasn't a Destroyer running into ...

The Queen Of The World and I are back from a week's cruise, celebrating our anniversary.  Some friends on the ship fixed up our cabin: ...

Last week I posted about how wind farms are decimating wildlife , from insects to bats to birds to eagles, because environmentalists are ign...

May be busy some more. Made for an outstanding birthday for the Queen Of The World, though.

The Press has given us 20 years of "hottest year EVAH" stories which, while not convincing governments to tank their economies via...

Time to go out on the boat! Or not.