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 ...

Penta, the maritime subsidiary of Volvo, has announced the commercial arrival of its autonomous boat docking system. Integrated Assisted Docking (AD) is designed to handle the complicated mess of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Parking a car can be tricky. Now imagine that car is 68 feet long, weighs 40 tons, and is prone to drift around on its own with the wind and water currents. That’s the challenge faced by many ...

Volvo Penta used the recent stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race in Gothenburg, Sweden, to unveil their new self-docking system. According to the company, the system works like this: First, as the boat ...

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 ...