Monthly Archive: July 2007
![SwiftHitch_test_cPanbo](https://panbo.com/SwiftHitch_test_cPanbo_small.jpg)
So a friend of mine recently returned from the Upper East Side of Manhattan with a report of a New Yorker cartoon seen live: A madame parking her large and shiny SUV while getting backing directions from a lady friend stationed on the sidewalk via cell phone! No wonder there’s a
![Casey_Cox_Krill_cPanbo](https://panbo.com/Casey_Cox_Krill_cPanbo_small.jpg)
Krill Systems just announced its solid state (SS), black box (BB), marine PC, which means I get to drag out this shot of Casey Cox mugging with it at my kitchen table in June. The box uses a flash disk drive and embedded Windows XP for 24/7 reliability with a current draw of only 55 watts. It’s meant…
![Camden_Harbormaster_Contest_cPanbo](https://panbo.com/Camden_Harbormaster_Contest_cPanbo_small.jpg)
We haven’t had any “weekend weirdness” or contest entries for a while, and this seems so right…
![SoZ Camden cPanbo](https://panbo.com/SoZ_20Camden_20cPanbo_small1.jpg)
Darn, I was hoping to get a shot of Bruce Kessler in his wheelhouse departing the Camden Public Landing this morning, but got distracted by a contest idea (that you’ll find here this weekend)…
![Bebi_Beka_Light](https://panbo.com/Bebi_Beka_Light_small.jpg)
Bebi Electronic’s LED lights most likely don’t employ the latest technology, like touch dimming, but there’s a lot to like about them…
![Hella EuroLED touch](https://panbo.com/Hella_20EuroLED_20touch_small.jpg)
Neato! Touch the red button on this new Hella Marine EuroLEDTouch dome light, and you get red light; hold your finger there for two seconds and it will cycle through four dimming levels…
![Boatsense_Test_cPanbo](https://panbo.com/Boatsense_Test_cPanbo_small.jpg)
Hot and humid in Maine, a good chance to hang in the lab with the Boatsense Solutions remote monitoring system I’ve been meaning to test more and photograph…
![Yamaha Command Link](https://panbo.com/Yamaha_20Command_20Link_small.jpg)
Yesterday commenter JC asked how to connect his new Yamaha F250 to a Garmin 5212. The answer is a little less definite than I thought…
![Garmin_AIS_cPanbo](https://panbo.com/Garmin_AIS_cPanbo_small.jpg)
Not one of my better pictures, but the bigger version here will give you some sense of how the Garmin 4– and 5000 Series handle AIS targets…
![Propeller_Beanie_cPanbo](https://panbo.com/Propeller_Beanie_cPanbo_small1.jpg)
Oh my! Or maybe “Ole!” as I’m posed like some sort of honky flamenco dancer. Actually I was trying to get the propeller beanie spinning…