The Marine Electronics Hub
There’s a fair bit of hokum wrapped around the Thanksgiving holiday we’re about to celebrate here in the states, which I’m particularly aware of as I just finished Nathanial Philbrick’s excellent Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Ben Ellison
Panbo editor, publisher & chief bottlewasher from 4/2005 until 8/2018, and now pleased to have Ben Stein as a very able publisher, webmaster, and editing colleague. Please don't regard him as an "expert"; he's getting quite old and thinks that "fadiddling fumble-putz" is a more accurate description.
I have become a regular here, very informative and clearly written. Regarding Nathanial Philbrick, I enjoyed it as well, It was a eye-opener to see this period of U.S. history from a different point of view. I thought he was a little tough on the pilgrims but SCM has a good article – Thanksgiving Day: Pilgrims were a surprisingly worldly, tolerant lot at
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1125/p06s22-woam.html
My wife and I are aboard our new trawler and about to have Thanksgiving dinner onboard with our son, daughter and grand daughter. I know it has been a tough year for the recreational boating industry. I am doing my part to buy “toys” for my new boat.
Thanks Ben for keeping me informed and educated. You do a great service to the marine electronics industry and for consumers like me.
I do have a wish for Christmas if I may share it with the you and the industry. Could you retire the RS-232 interface. It is a royal pain.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
Pat Harman
Thanks, Kennebec Captain; I enjoy your blog, too, and got a special kick out of the ribbing your lobstering son gave you recently:
http://kennebeccaptain.blogspot.com/2009/11/lobstering-with-will-on-maines-casco.html
Also, on the wild chance you missed it, check out Colin Woodward’s Maine coast history, which dovetails with Mayflower, and is at least as well written, I think:
The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier
Hi Pat,
What did you choose for a trawler, and where did you get spend Thanksgiving aboard? Jealous minds want to know ð
Hi Ben,
You asked what trawler I purchased and where did I spend Thanksgiving.
I now own a North Pacific 43:
http://www.northpacificyachts.com
We had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner on board with my son & daughter and their spouses. The guest of honor was my new and first granddaughter, Maddie. We are home ported in Oak Harbor WA, and had dinner in Everett WA.
I have most of the electronic toys from Raymarine with a few additions. A Furuno weatherfax, and a Wilson cell phone amplifier. However, my most notable addition is that I converted the second stateroom into a shop.
Unresolved issues are:
Keep the freshwater toilet and get a watermaker or get a saltwater toilet.
Halogen lights use a lot of electrons; more batteries or LED’s.
Still looking for a boxed wine that doesn’t give me heartburn, alternative is something with a cork.
Pat
Hi Ben. It is Monday although a mite early for Good Morning. Am working on some chart updates. Is the boat out of the Penobscot by now?
Doug
“I’ll be back on Monday, and iPhone users should come by early, as I’ll have 50 treats to hand out.”