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Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (October 27, 2026) – Simrad Marine Electronics, a leader in marine electronics and navigation, today introduced a new Navigation Aid feature across the full range of Simrad recreational HALO radars, as...
About a year ago, I posted my first article on LiFePO4 cycle life having completed 525 cycles on a WattCycle 100 amp-hour battery. Since publishing that article, I’ve also added a Blue Heron Extreme 100 amp-hour battery to the testing mix. The WattCycle battery is nearing 2,000 cycles and the Blue Heron recently crossed 1,000 cycles. So, let’s briefly check in on both batteries and see how they’re doing.
I was fortunate enough to be invited to IBEX (International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition & Conference) this last week as an Innovation Award Judge and had the privilege of reviewing almost 100 new products for the awards. Many of these I am hoping to test longer term aboard Aruna and I will definitely share the results.
Vortex Marine, innovator of marine navigation technologies, announced today the launch of Scout, a portable marine navigator built to help boaters see more of the water they are traversing. The 10.1-inch device brings satellite imagery, electronic navigational charts, weather and live vessel information onto one screen that can move from the helm to belowdecks or into a tender.
The French electric motor manufacturer TEMO launches the OUTPOD in North America at the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, October 15–18, 2026. A cross between a pod drive and an outboard, the OUTPOD is designed specifically for sailboats and is now available to order in the USA…
The International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX), North America’s leading trade event for the recreational marine industry, announced today the winners of the 2026 IBEX Innovation Awards Program. The judges selected 12 Innovation Award winners and three honorable mentions from 100 entries submitted by exhibiting marine industry companies…
Victron recently answered two of the most common complaints about two of its most popular products. The Cerbo GX gets its third hardware generation, with a much faster processor for owners who have pushed the MK2 to its limits. The Orion XS hardware is unchanged, but a firmware update finally lets it charge in reverse, for now only to rescue a flat starter battery.
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