Yearly Archive: 2004
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...
Electronic Nautical Charts Developments
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...
On-board Satellite Communications
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...
