In a typical sailboat race, the course is marked with a series of buoys that have to be anchored to the seabed, and which may get pushed around by winds or currents. MarkSetBot addresses those ...
The MarkSetBot might look like your regular buoy, but it is, in fact, a GPS-powered robotic device that can self-propel itself wherever you instruct it to go. It can be controlled remotely and it was ...
One of the biggest challenges in race management is setting a square, fair course in changing conditions — and getting the ...
Premiere Sailing League USA (PSL) has found a partner to help elevate stadium style sailing to the next level of technological sophistication. MarkSetBot, located in Detroit, will provide the league ...
One day not long ago, Detroit’s Kevin Morin — a J/70 and Lightning sailor by weekends and IT specialist by day — had an idea. “I used to sail Lightnings at the Pontiac YC,” says Morin, “and there were ...