Marine Wireless Navigation Server
Todd Huss wrote me an email about a new product he is developing, allowing secure wireless access to navigation information anywhere on a boat. He warns me not to expect it to be cheap...
Monthly Archive: May 2004
Use “Not Marine” Car Stereos?
Someone on Yahoo Group’s World-Cruising mailing-list asked whether it is really necessary to have a ‘marine grade’ car stereo. Here are some of the replies to that question. S/V Aquarius says: “we have a...
Running A Software Business From The Antarctic
New marine communications methods allow for new life styles. Here is a perfect example of that. Jonathan Selby is sailing the world over, sometimes single-handedly, but still is an active co-owner of Xaxero Marine...
Ethernet Or NMEA 2000?
Good question posed to Ben Ellison for his monthly Q&A session on marine electronics. I too wish the answer could be different… “I�m starting to spec a 45-foot custom boat and want it to...
Offshore Wi-Fi
An article on TeleSea, the company that provides Wi-Fi within 30 miles of the (US) coast. Still pretty expensive I must say, and it’s primarily being used by commercial ships at this moment. But...
Can You Hear Me Now?
Good article by Ben Ellison on “how the mess of gadgets and wires pictured above is actually one sensible system for getting the most out of marine cellular.” In this June 2004 column for...
HF Radio E-Mail for ‘Idi-Yachts’
Ocean Navigator has a very short, but also very positive, review of a book called ‘HF Radio E-Mail for ‘Idi-Yachts”, written by Marti Brown. It’s a guide for setting up and using wireless e-mail...
First Wireless Fish Finder Wrist Watch
Humminbird’s SmartCast Fish Finder Watch has been out for a while, and I’ve written about it before. But here is another link to it since a new weblog called Wrist Dreams has found out...
Smaller Autopilot
MotorBoating has a short review on ComNav’s new small-boat autopilot. Read about it here. “ComNav has introduced a small-boat autopilot that delivers features found on its larger units. Compatible with NAV interface input and...
