If you're a MAC (not me) or an iPhone (me) user you should head over and check out MacSailing.Net . It's a good forum about sailing software for the MAC and iPhone including Mr. Tides and iNavX the iPhone version of GPS NavX . Only about 800 users, but nonetheless if your a MAC or iPhone user...

The SSCA's web sites have been down for a few days and are now back online. Apparently they have been moving servers. There's a small mention of this on the home page: In order to serve you better we have been changing servers for this website. We apologize for the extended downtime. We are continuing...

Dawn and I put down money on two iPhones this weekend. I'm drawn to the apps which have just never materialized in as rich or exciting a way as for windows mobile. Anyway, despite my apparent lapse of faith in Microsoft I was intrigued by Leo's speculation on iPhone quality issues with the new...

I don't know how I've not stumbled on these yet... The first one is a Shilshole blog, something I had been looking for awhile ago. I am on the waiting list at Shilshole so maybe one of these days I'll be a contributor to the blog: http://shilsholecommunity.org The second one is just a straight...

I stumbled on this via the Maker blog, the video looks like someone waving them around not having them float on water, but it would be pretty awesome looking to float a bunch of these around your hull at night and MUCH better (IMHO) than putting more holes in your boat to install those lighted through...

Great video shot from a kite mounted camera... awesome idea. I will definitely be figuring out how to do this!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKGupz_9mGc

Sailcut CAD http://www.sailcut.com/Sailcut_CAD This is a neat little program that let's you put in the dimensions of your sail and helps you determine the shape and pattern of your sails. I'm not sure how much sail lofts use this or not (if at all) but the site does claim that hand making sails...

Pretty amazing story on Wired about crews who recover freighters. This one is about the Cougar Ace which was a car carrier headed from Japan to the US when it ran aground because the crew accidentally emptied the starboard side water ballast completely as they were purging the foreign water and refilling...

With all the new site layouts recently I thought I'd check out the sailing forum sites and do a review. I only looked at the activity rates not the quality of the posts. We are all looking for something different there and I can't really say if what I'd like is what you'd like. I should...

I don't know if you've noticed but Good Old Boat has updated their website layout and I must say its much improved. The menu across the top is the key to the system and its pretty simple to follow. They still rock my world when it comes to their owners association list which I use fairly regularly...