What do you get when you cross two high-tech, multimillion-dollar racing yachts with an Azimut 68 backing between them without a captain? A potential disaster. Unless, of course, the yacht is the ...

As one of the lucky ones who’s spent a good chunk of my life on and around boats, I have to admit…I’ve had my fair share of docking drama. And as any boater will privately agree (no matter how ...

Anyone can drive a boat. Out on the open sea, you throttle up and keep the bow pointed along a given heading. Hopefully, you'll arrive at your destination with enough time left for a dock-side drink ...

February 26, 2006 Old school thinking has a distinct ring to it. “If it aint broke, don’t fix it” and “It’s always been done that way for a very good reason” are the catchcries of an era ...

Several years ago, at the Volvo Ocean Race in Gothenburg, Sweden, I watched as a 65-foot motoryacht backed into a slip between two multi-million dollar raceboats. That would normally not be a big deal ...

Penta, the maritime subsidiary of Swedish company Volvo, has unveiled an autonomous boat system that makes docking its boats much easier. The vessel pilot simply points the joystick in the direction ...

The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and Boating Writers International (BWI) today presented Volvo Penta with a 2017 Innovation Award for the Volvo Penta Joystick for Inboard. It is ...

Joystick steering is a great thing if you can afford it. Today there are a number of joystick systems for sterndrives and pod drives, such as Mercury’s Axius and Zeus and Volvo Penta’s Joystick ...