Cara founded Future Tides in 2021, merging her maritime and media experience. A journalist and sailor, she's worked at a community boating center, commercial boat builder and tech news site.
An autonomous tugboat named Nellie Bly circumnavigated Denmark. A Saildrone crossed the eye of a hurricane. MIT’s self-driving Roboats are currently navigating Amsterdam’s canals. But what about autonomous ship activity in Pacific Northwest waters? In short, these high tech vessels aren’t sailing around here yet. A representative
A member of the Future Tides community asked about trends around liveaboards. Drawing on personal experience and Port of Seattle data, here's the current scene
The maritime community is concerned about its future workforce. What does maritime employment look like now?
On a gray, but not stormy, October afternoon, members of Maritime High School’s freshman class headed out for a field experience on Admiral Jack, a 40’ catamaran managed by MHS partner Northwest Maritime Center. The Port Townsend-based nonprofit retrofitted the passenger vessel to use for educational programs and tours
In 2021, one Seattle sailing fleet made a notable change to its race course with the addition of two robotic race marks
A 2011 earthquake in Japan accelerated detection technology for tsunami warning systems on the West Coast.
Grain de Sail uses a cargo sailboat to sustainably transport its chocolate and wine.
A Future Tides interview with NOAA navigation manager Crescent Moegling about the role of technology in the National Charting Plan, which will sunset raster nautical charts
