Sailing used to mean disconnecting from the everyday—for some, it still does. Days were spent watching the waves roll by, adjusting sails, reading books, and sharing happy hours with fellow cruisers. Anchorages were social places, with sailors zipping around in dinghies searching for weather updates, swapping information, or simply making social calls. Getting online often meant heading ashore in search of Wi-Fi or holding a cellphone at strange angles in hopes of catching a signal.
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