A Mac Onboard
Over at the World-Cruising Yahoo Group someone is considering to buy an Apple notebook for both navigation and business purposes. He has a couple of questions he needs answers to. 1. Is anyone out...
Monthly Archive: August 2004
The Marine Electronics Made Easy Seminar
If you happen to be close to Orlando next weekend, make sure you go to the 15th annual Hot Summer Boat Show… They have a seminar dedicated to marine electronics. Although targeted to novices...
Fish And Chips
I liked the title of this article, therefore I posted it… Nothing really new in this story on electronic charts, GPS and fish however. I’m not fishing myself, but doesn’t all of this technology...
Transas Navi-Monitor
Be careful when speeding on the water since new technologies are becoming available that will easily track and identify you…. “When a ship is in distress and sends alert signals, these are received as...
Magellan eXplorist 100
A three meter accurate GPS for $100. Great news for when GPS is a nice-to-have. “It has a tough rubber armor shell that is impact resistant and waterproof, it also saves up to 500...
SeaWave’s NavSeries
I’ve talked about SeaWave’s Integrator 3.0 least-cost routing solutions back in March. They have launched a new product, the NavSeries. It looks less complete and flexible compared to the Integrator 3.0, but I’m sure...
Retractable Triducer
Airmar’s new retractable triducer is featured by Motor Boating Magazine. “The real advantage of this triducer is its ability to work with either analog or digital instruments that digitize data in a main housing...
C-Forecast Plotter Weather
C-MAP is introducing a new weather service as well. Last week I wrote about the two services from XM WX (WxWorx) Satellite Weather and The Weather Channel Marine (TWCM). “C-Forecast can overlay weather info...
Rose Point’s Coastal Explorer Released
A while ago I wrote about Rose Point’s Coastal Explorer, recommended to me by a reader who was beta-testing it. Brad Christian from Rosepoint Navigation Systems sent me an email yesterday and asked me...
Understanding the Three-Stage Regulator
Came across an article over at SailNet on ‘standard’ and ‘smart’ alternators. Might be of interest to you if you still have your regular automotive alternator installed… “How does the performance of a standard...
