Month: June 2026

Tall Ships coming to NYC and Boston in July

Kevin
Tall ship Esmerelda (from Chile) during the parade of sail at Boston, 2017
Tall ship Esmerelda (from Chile)

The parade of sail at Boston in 2017 was spectacular and I’m very much looking forward to the upcoming 2026 events, coinciding with the USA 250th anniversary.

NYC / July 3: Parade of Sail – class B ships
NYC / July 4: Parade of Sail – class A ships (30 ships)
BOS / July 11: Parade of Sail (60 total, 28 class A)

What is class A and class B?
Class A: square rigging OR overall length greater than 40 meters (131 ft)
Class B: traditional rigging AND overall length less than 40 m AND water line at least 9 m (30 ft)
Class C & D have length less than 40 m

Some ships will participate in both parades, for example USCG Eagle. Some will not; for example, I believe Virginia (Bath ME) will participate at Boston, not NYC.

July 9, class A Tall Ships travel from NYC to Boston. Some may travel through the Cape Cod Canal, while others travel around Cape Cod.
In Boston, the 2026 event will exceed the 2017 event, which included 56 ships.

New York City

The July 3 parade route passes through the East River (Manhattan to the east and Brooklyn & Queens to the west).
The July 4 parade route travels under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, past the Statue of Liberty, and up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge.
https://sail4th.org/schedule

If you want a photo of the tallships with the Statue of Liberty in background, you probably want to be at Governor’s Island.
However, access to Governors Island will be unusually managed. Normal ferry to the island is $10 round trip but that is suspended on July 4.
For the July 4 parade of sail, tickets to Governors Island are currently selling at $200 per person.

>> https://www.vibenyctours.com/post/sail4th-250-how-to-see-the-tall-ships-without-the-battery-park-brawl

July 4 viewing locations in Hoboken: Pier A Park, Elysian Park, Steven Park, Maxwell Place Park, Sinatra Park
July 4 viewing locations in Jersey City: Exchange Place, Liberty State Park

Boston (July 11)

Here’s a link to a map of the parade route. Public viewing areas are shown in green; Red is where ships will be berthed.

>> https://www.sailboston.com/map/

DJI Drone Security Audit – No Vulnerabilities Found

Kevin

Search Assist

The U.S. National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) called for a formal security review of DJI drones (and Autel Robotics) to assess any potential risks to national security; the task of doing this review was not assigned to a specific agency and, as result the review was never done. As a consequence of doing nothing at all, DJI drones were placed on a U.S. formal naughty list (December 2025). Some speculation suggested that was always the plan – no US agency was ever going to conduct the required review.

DJI hired a US cyber-security firm to do that review. The audit found zero vulnerabilities. Some features of that audit include:

  • * PCB-level teardowns with attention to emissions from specific circuits
  • * Attempts to hack the radio signal, including jamming and malformed packet injection
  • * Supply chain integrity checks against the Hardware Bill of Materials

Of course, the use of a third party does not fulfill the NDAA audit requirement and many people with doubt the report’s veracity. However, as this is the first audit of its kind (ever), it does establish a precedent.

DJI aerial drones are widely used for agriculture, law enforcement, search and rescue, professional photo & video, and consumer photo & video. At costs below $10K, the features of DJI aerial drones has been unrivaled; there has been no comparable American-made products. National policy makers are probably hoping that the DJI ban will make room for some new American-made products that will disrupt DJI dominance.

More from DroneXL: https://dronexl.co/2026/05/28/dji-ondefend-security-audit-air-3s-matrice-4e/

Link to the report: https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2026/05/DJI-Technology-Inc.-Security-Assessment-Executive-Report.pdf