Detecting Harmful Electricity
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....
Yearly Archive: 2004
Switched On Security
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...
Tricolor and Anchor Combination LED Light
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...
Refrigerated Compactor, A Waste Solution
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...
Boating Season Resolution
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...
Wireless Lighting Technology Continued
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 Continued…
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...
Electronic Anchor Controllers
Muir has launched several new electronic anchor controllers. Top of the range is the Auto Anchor 500RCX model which will dock the anchor automatically, by remote control, ideal for vessels where it is difficult...
Yachtwatcher
Not a first of its kind, but German firm NAVCOS has launched Yachtwatcher YW 5000, which sends a text message to a yacht owner’s mobile phone in the vent that it is broken into...
A Facelift For Your Dashboard
I’m sure this is an issue that many of you are fully aware of. “Your helm area looks a little hodge-podge. A bracket-mounted fish finder here; a flush-mounted radio that has been shoe-horned in...
