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In Part I of this series, Dan Corcoran, and many commenters, got into not just the value of accurate boat speed, but the true meaning of True Wind.  Click on on Dan’s illustration above and check out Part II…

Though it’s been a while since I wrote about the radome testing, I still feel overwhelmed with what I’ve learned to date, and not done yet.  And at this point — harbor emptying out, cold and dreary — the images are becoming nostalgic.  On the beautiful day above I was off Camden as the area’s fleet of “dude schooners” gathered for the Windjammer Festival.  Besides enjoying the scene (note the gentle sailing breeze, and also the indication that True Wind and Ground Wind are indeed different, as recently discussed), I intented to use the fleet as MARPA targets.  But I got sidetracked by a feature that partially does the work of MARPA without having to cursor around and select targets.  Click on the screen above and I’ll explain…

Being a natural born optimist, the longer Garmin took to solve its route planning problem, the cooler I hoped the solution would be.  We won’t know for sure until the November release, but HomePort...

Sorry I’ve been such a tease about the radar testing. Since entry #4, the wet edition, there’s only been a mention of dome changes and a peek at Broadband on the new Simrad NSE.  Frankly, I’m a bit overwhelmed by the research I’ve done so far — which includes hundreds of photos and screen shots — and I still haven’t spent enough time underway, particularly in rain and fog, with the four systems currently installed on Gizmo (above).  Patience, please!…

First Raymarine E-Series Wide, then Simrad NSE, and now the Geonav G12…three new and different multifunction displays announced in three weeks…did marine electronics miss the “economic tsunami” somehow?