Ocean Ready Electronics
Motor Boating Magazine takes a look at one of the ships participating in the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally, a high-seas adventure from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., to Gibraltar. There’s a lot of electronics stuff on board...
Category: Handheld
The Early Adopters Of Marine Electronics
The early adopters of marine electronics can be found in the competitive fishing scene. Here’s a story on a guy who outfitted his boat to the fullest extend. Like the article says: “he’ll be...
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...
Storm Hawk from WeatherData
A new solution from WeatherData for those of you who prefer to sail the coastal waters, since it won’t work if you are to far away from land… Apparently they have some special marine...
The Garmin Marine Network: How Not To Get Lost At Sea
Engadget discusses Garmin’s new plug-and-play systems (GPSMAP 3010C & 3006C) that put GPS, weather, sonar, radar, and other important data at boaters� fingertips. It also highlights Garmin’s proprietary Marine Network, yet another alternative to...
Rugged Hardware With A Navy Touch
Through Naval Technology I found some interesting rugged hardware. Some of the highlights: This one looks like it could have been a good case modding project from a navy adept. But the specs will...
Wireless TV On Board
Nowadays wireless LCD TVs still have a few disadvantages, but on a boat they could provide more flexibility when it comes to entertainment. Plug all your video sources (DVD, STB, aerial) in the base...
Uniden’s VHF/GPS Mapping Marine Radio
Great to see that more and more marine electronics and communications functions are being integrated. Not only on a hardware level, but definitely also on a software level. What I really like about Uniden’s...
A Complete Wireless Anchoring Experience
A couple of weeks a go I mentioned Ascend Marine’s Deep Blue Marine’s Anchor Alert, a wireless anchor monitoring system. To make the anchoring experience completely wireless (except for the anchor chain…), I got...
Rugged Cellphones
When I was going through the log-files of this website I noticed that many people come here searching for rugged cellphones. Fortunately, Siemens unveiled the ruggedised M65 this week. Not sure if it’s really...
