Harbormaster Mark II
I was talking about having problems with watching and securing my own boat the other day. Here’s another solution for those of you with similar problems (and a GSM cellphone…). “The Harbormaster Mark II...
Yearly Archive: 2004
Feel The Bass
There are so many ways to have entertainment on board, in the cockpit, the cabins or the saloon. But most of the time sound is a ‘good enough’ thing. Well, some manufacturers are trying...
Finding Myself Again!
And we have another fan of Uniden�s Mystic, a device that has been mentioned on Panbo.com before and should be a very popular GPS device looking at my website statistics… In the article a...
Waterproof MP3 Players
GadgetMadness reports on Oceanic’s waterproof MP3 players. I wrote about them a while ago. “Oceanic Worldwide has a new line of MP3 players that are waterproof to 200 feet (66m). The H20Audio series looks...
Time And Location
Good article on the history (and future) of time and navigation. I especialy like the quote that says: “For every minute lost by a clock, it meant that there would be a navigational error...
Lowrance X135 Power-Pro Sonar
The perfect Father�s Day gift, so they say… “The X135 has 4000 watts peak-to-peak power for depths to 1,000 feet. It comes with �Fish I.D.� This feature automatically interprets sonar echoes and displays them...
Rose Point’s Coastal Explorer
I do not have any experience with it myself, but Coastal Explorer from Rose Point Navigation Systems comes highly recommended by Todd Huss. It’s not yet commercially availale, but that should not take long...
Maritime Mobile Service Net
You’re not allowed to communicate on 14.300 MHz frequency using your SSB radio unless you are an amateur licensee. But make sure you know how it works in case of an emergency… “Under normal...
Prepaid SMS Via Inmarsat-C
If you can’t afford Altobridge’s solution for being able to send an SMS from anywhere at sea, than may be Xantic’s prepaid messaging service is right for you. “No special software or hardware is...
Watch Your Boat
I have a boat that I use to spend time on the beautiful Amsterdam canals, but the only problem is that thieves are trying everything to get something useful from my boat. And, unfortunately,...
