Charlie Barr’s record
Yike! Above is the OPC’s prediction for 8 pm tomorrow night, my time. Today, 20 of the mightiest sailing yachts on the planet will set off from New York in a Transatlantic Challenge meant to celebrate, and...
Panbo News and Reviews
Overly smart bilge pump switches?
Navagear found a solid state bilge pump switch that can discriminate between fuel/oil and water, so presumably you will not pump the bad stuff overboard. I’m just a wee bit skeptical about how well...
AIS Engine in U.S., and on plotters
Yesterday I was tickled to learn that Nasa’s AIS Radar and Engine will be marketed in U.S. under the well known Si-Tex brand (thanks, Pascal). That means U.S. sales and support. It also turns out that the Engine...
Be a chart skeptic
U.S. Navy Submarine Captain Kevin Mooney takes full responsibility for crashing the San Francisco into a practically uncharted undersea mount in the Pacific last January. Yesterday the New York Times published a detailed story about...
Scuttlebutt subscription drive
The super fine sailing newsletter Scuttlebutt is having a subscription drive, with benefits for all. If you aren’t getting it, or know people who might enjoy it, for cripes sake do the clicks. The...
Dealing with lobster pots
Eli — proprietor of the often stimulating EliBoat (a blog sadly long defunct by 2019) — knows Maine waters and yesterday wondered “if the new charting programs will ever find a way to plot 6 trillion...
Wireless helmet headsets for BatBoat?
Yeeeeeha! The basic V-24 is a 26’, 360 Hp, 70 knot racer designed a few years ago by Ocke Mannerfelt, and said to be relatively ‘safe’ and easy to drive. Panbo reader Tom W. has a custom version sporting 650...
NMEA 2000, on the water
It was another damp weekend in Maine, but the leaves are popping and I finally got out on the water. The NMEA 2000 test rig performed fabulously. Check out the bigger image here to see how...
Mix’n’match bridge of the future
It’s hard to reconcile the somewhat goofy bridge scene above with the wicked looking warship below, but they represent the same yet unbuilt U.S. Navy design called a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Picture an aluminum and steel 127m...
