The Marine Electronics Hub
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...
A private sailing yacht with a seven-seat helicopter and an aviation communications systems. How about that…? “After completing sea-trials in Auckland in April and May, the 54m (178ft) Dubois-designed sloop Tiara landed an EC...
I’ve written before about ways to prevent serious damage being done to your on-board electronics as a result of a lightning strike. Here is an article that makes some interesting statements about the way...
Although Americans have enjoyed the advantages of a differential GPS (DGPS) system to improve accuracy of GOS fixes, Europeans and Japanese will soon have their own methods. And the good news is that there...
Lots of ‘boat entertainment’ related news this week. In this month’s Boating World Gearlocker you can find the new SeaWorthy SEA2211B/W mid-tweeter highlighted. And what about this waterproof wireless TV from Casio found over...
Todd Huss wrote me an email about a new product he is developing, allowing secure wireless access to navigation information anywhere on a boat. He warns me not to expect it to be cheap...
Someone on Yahoo Group’s World-Cruising mailing-list asked whether it is really necessary to have a ‘marine grade’ car stereo. Here are some of the replies to that question. S/V Aquarius says: “we have a...
New marine communications methods allow for new life styles. Here is a perfect example of that. Jonathan Selby is sailing the world over, sometimes single-handedly, but still is an active co-owner of Xaxero Marine...
Good question posed to Ben Ellison for his monthly Q&A session on marine electronics. I too wish the answer could be different… “I�m starting to spec a 45-foot custom boat and want it to...
