Brunswick Corp's Simrad AutoCaptain is taking the scare out of docking and undocking recreational boats by doing the task ...

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 ...

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 ...

Self-driving boats may assist with docking and short-distance maneuvers. Courtesy Simrad Autonomously piloted boats might sound weird to inveterate boaters who value the sense of independence and ...

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 ...

Sixteen years after Volvo Penta introduced its first joystick boat control, the yachting world is planning its next step toward autonomous piloting with assisted-docking systems. But don’t let go of ...

Navier showed off what it is calling the first ever auto-docking feature for a hydrofoil electric boat, which should make it even easier for beginner boaters to navigate their watercraft. The electric ...

Everyone wishes they could dock like a pro, but we all need a little help sometimes. With that has come the advent of docking assistance technology. But of all the ones we’ve tried, none seem to work ...