The Marine Electronics Hub
Missed this one before, but in the Digital Ship Plus edition I mentioned yesterday there is also an interesting discussion (pdf, page 13) on electronic nautical charts. Although vector charts are generally preferred, there...
Two weeks ago there was a conference organized by Digital Ship, with one of the topics being on-board satellite communications. Although its main focus was on the larger shipping companies, some lessons can be...
Looking for a better way to detect stray electrical currents, and therefore prevent injuring swimmers or damaging underwater metals? Have a look at ESC’s DockTester, a winner of the the 2003 NMMA Innovation Award....
Like I said before, security is a hot issue. Besides Motor Boat & Yachting’s special feature on this topic, Yachting World has one as well in their June 2004 issue. So if you can’t...
LEDs have been discussed many times before on this weblog, and here is an another example of the advances in this area. Orca Green Marine’s TriAnchor is the first to achieve compliance to the...
Spending lots of time on board, don’t know what to do with your waste? If you’ve got the space, Uson Marine might have the solution (free subscription required). The UKP-6060 Refrigerated Sack Compactor, especially...
Some real-life lessons on boat electronics to be found in the latest Ocean Navigator marine electronics eNewsletter by Chris Parker, sailing from Bermuda to Puerto Rico. “There�s often a deeper lesson, and here it...
A couple of weeks ago I had a post on a company called MarineLED that keeps sending out these press releases through which they promote their new ‘wireless lightning technology.’ It sounded a bit...
Boat security seems to be a hot topic today… Further to my earlier post on this new boat security system, the Yachtwatcher, Motor Boat & Yachting has a special feature on this topic to...
