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How to Protect Indoor‑Only Gear in a Marine Environment

Boaters are an optimistic species. We believe we can dock perfectly on the first try, that the weather will “probably hold,” and that our delicate,…

The Windy Truth: Why Lake Erie Taught Me to Stop Trusting “Perfect Weather”

Weather is always on my mind when I’m sailing Lake Erie. It’s not a lake — it’s a freshwater inland sea with a personality disorder. Add El Niño int…

Logging VHF DSC distress calls in SignalK (PGN 129808)

A DSC distress alert is the most important packet a marine VHF will ever hand you, and it's structured data. When a vessel hits the red button, its…

Reducing LLM Hallucinations in 2026: LoRA, F-DPO, and the Math That Actually Works

It is May 2026, and the field has stopped pretending hallucinations are going to disappear. What has happened instead is more interesting. Researche…