To make life easier when traveling, it’s important to have the right gear. On Stalker, we carry 12 50-foot dock lines, six large A5 polyball fenders about 30 inches in diameter, two more 15-inch ...

The sun glinted off the water in Gothenburg, Sweden, as Volvo Penta’s self-docking yacht backed slowly toward a waiting crowd. The lustrous leather steering wheel spun all on its own. Nervous sailors ...

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 ...

How Much Does a Boat Dock Cost? When you live on a waterfront, it makes sense to enjoy the water anyway that you can. If part of that enjoyment happens to be boats, then having a private dock to use ...

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

With practice, docking can become a less stressful event. Bill Doster Ask any new boater about what they find most intimidating on the water, and you might get an answer about backing a trailer, ...

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 ...