The Marine Electronics Hub
This weekend’s mail included Simrad’s “Navigation Tutorial” DVD, which is pretty darn impressive. Of course there is some ‘sell’ to it, but there’s also some sharp footage of boats and extensive, well done explanations of...
Isn’t it neat that a lot of boaters gleefully invent stuff to improve their vessels? A fairly extreme example is one Roger Jones who put together his own elaborate boat monitoring system, wrote the necessary...
A how-to over at the Marine Maintenance Magazine. “Most GPS units have I/O terminals and a cable for connecting to other devices. To transmit information from the GPS to the computer, connect the GPS...
A problem with many of today’s (marine) electronics is that they can do so much. And many are simply to proud to read a manual or watch an instructual video. But if they do…...
Blue Water Sailing Magazine has some safety tips for boats that are going offshore regularly. They talk about, a.o., VHF radios and passive radar reflectors. “A relatively easy upgrade to any boat’s VHF radio...
Sometimes you only realize how valuable something is unless it is no more… An electric anchor windlass can be such a thing. An introduction… “Typical working current loadings are in the range of 55...
Subscribe to DIY Boat Owner’s newlsetter in order to know when to turn off the boat’s main AC breaker before plugging in. “There are two reasons for turning off the boat’s main breaker before...
Of course you can read this weblog to learn all about marine equipment that might save your life someday, but now there’s also a new three-part video series called “Taking the Search Out of...
Some advice on how to choose, install and upgrade you boating electronics, from sonar units to marine batteries. The article focuses on anglers, but some of this advice is relevant to all boaters. “The...
Boating World’s Chris Caswell has written a short how-to on installing a GPS Chartplotter. He uses Magellan�s FX324 Map GPS Color Plotter as an example. “Today, however, navigational accuracy with a GPS/chartplotter combo is...
Maretron and Raymarine announce strategic collaboration to integrate MConnect and Raymarine Axiom displays
New Sirius 12 gyrostabilized binoculars from Koden combine rock steady vision with great value for fishermen and boaters
Arco Zeus Bluetooth alternator regulator now available with Victron DVCC Integration