I am pleased to announce the upcoming debut on January 1, 2009, of a new online publication, Marine Science Today, dedicated to news, analysis, and discussion of modern marine science. With our heightened understanding of the central role played by the world’s oceans in controlling our climate and overall environment, there is both a need and a [...]
Welcome to the new and improved OceanLines (I always wondered about that slogan: Would anybody ever announce that something was new and ‘unimproved’?). You will notice a couple of major changes to the site. The two new, more sharply focused content areas are highlighted in the design. Readers interested in all things related to making [...]
OceanLines is about to undergo a major transformation. Over the past year, I have been carefully studying reader response to the various stories we’ve done and I’ve decided to re-design the website to focus more sharply on two specific content streams. OceanLines will, starting August 1, 2008, feature daily coverage of “passagemaking” and “marine science” [...]
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of writing for Glen Justice at Mad Mariner (www.madmariner.com) and I’ve had a chance to work with his great crew there on a number of separate pieces. The first piece was an overview of the engine choices available to boaters today; covering everything from outboards to the drive pods [...]
If you are passionate about something you no doubt have some opinions, perhaps even strong ones, about that subject. Does that mean you have to share them with the whole world? No. Clearly, most people on the planet really don’t care what you, or I, think. But, we’re rarely alone in our passions and that’s [...]
