Big Fish, A Fishing Gadgets And Technology Roundup
Looking for some technology and gadgets that will help you catch some fish? Boating World has a round up of 9 products that will help “stack the odds a little more in your favor”…...
Yearly Archive: 2004
Raymarine Launches RayTechRNS 5.0 Software
Raymarine finally launched RayTech 5.0 last week. I’ve written about it before. “It is easier to enter waypoints and build routes with this latest release. RayTechRNS’ new 3D Rolling Road display allows for more...
Installing A GPS Chartplotter
Boating World’s Chris Caswell has written a short how-to on installing a GPS Chartplotter. He uses Magellan�s FX324 Map GPS Color Plotter as an example. “Today, however, navigational accuracy with a GPS/chartplotter combo is...
What’s On Board: Tiara
A private sailing yacht with a seven-seat helicopter and an aviation communications systems. How about that…? “After completing sea-trials in Auckland in April and May, the 54m (178ft) Dubois-designed sloop Tiara landed an EC...
Ligtning Strikes
I’ve written before about ways to prevent serious damage being done to your on-board electronics as a result of a lightning strike. Here is an article that makes some interesting statements about the way...
GPS Accuracy Through WAAS And EGNOS
Although Americans have enjoyed the advantages of a differential GPS (DGPS) system to improve accuracy of GOS fixes, Europeans and Japanese will soon have their own methods. And the good news is that there...
A Sure Sound And Waterproof TV
Lots of ‘boat entertainment’ related news this week. In this month’s Boating World Gearlocker you can find the new SeaWorthy SEA2211B/W mid-tweeter highlighted. And what about this waterproof wireless TV from Casio found over...
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...
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...
