Harbormaster Mark II
I was talking about having problems with watching and securing my own boat the other day. Here’s another solution for those of you with similar problems (and a GSM cellphone…). “The Harbormaster Mark II...
Category: Wireless & Apps
Marina Internet Kiosks With Added Wi-Fi
If you happen to be a big marina operator, may be you will be able to develop a business case for this solution at $60K per installation. I’m sure you will please a lot...
Offshore Wi-Fi
An article on TeleSea, the company that provides Wi-Fi within 30 miles of the (US) coast. Still pretty expensive I must say, and it’s primarily being used by commercial ships at this moment. But...
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...
Yachtwatcher
Not a first of its kind, but German firm NAVCOS has launched Yachtwatcher YW 5000, which sends a text message to a yacht owner’s mobile phone in the vent that it is broken into...
Troubleshooting Radio Frequency Interference
So when you’re list of on board electronics and gadgets looks like a summary of this website, how do you make sure interference won’t be spoiling the party? Well, start by reading John Payne’s...
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...
Boats & Wi-Fi: ‘Warboating’
A quite funny quote from a Netstumbler forum thread shows very well that the combination of Wi-Fi and boating is still in the early adopter stage, and that ‘wardriving’ has its equivalent at sea…....
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...
