There is no perfect hull design. Every boat since the very first dugout canoe rolls a bit and has room to improve. The user/designer always seeks to enhance everything about his or her boat, ...
Perhaps three of the biggest features in the history of the sport-fishing boat — besides hull design — are the flying bridge, tuna tower and mezzanine. But now, a fourth is changing the game: gyro ...
July 13, 2007 The experience of cruising the ocean waves is a joy for some, but as anyone who suffers from sea sickness can attest, it can also be completely unbearable. Boats pitch, roll and yaw much ...
Pete Nolan guided his 32-foot Contender through Newport Harbor past the breakwater, close enough to the Bell Buoy to hear the sea lions barking and set up in the wake of a just-passed yacht. In the ...
After developing what it calls the most effective zero-speed anti-rolling devices ever made, Seakeeper said it forever changed the experience of boating. Within a decade, the company claimed a ...
It was one of those demonstrations akin to the first time we saw ABS brakes in action, or booted up a computer. The Seakeeper is a "gyro stabilizer" that prevents boats from tossing side to side. It ...
The Seakeeper is a “ball” that helps eliminate motion sickness from any boat ride. It’s a specially designed gyroscope (or gyro) that reduces boat roll. For those who don’t go sailing too often, boat ...
Continuing its aggressive commercial marine growth, gyro stabilizer manufacturer Seakeeper recently shipped M21000 units for testing with Hvide Sande Skib & Baadebyggeri (HSSB). The gyros will be used ...
Seakeeper Ride and its VACS technology eliminates pitch and roll, creates the perfect running angle and responds instantaneously to changing conditions. Being banged around by heavy machinery is ...