Electronics

By Bob Osborn   After years of thinking about upgrading the house bank to lithium on Pandora, our 2007 Aerodyne 47 sloop, we decided to move […]

The Maritime Executive newsletter has a story this week of some truly strange anomalies going on with the worldwide AIS system aboard ships and boats of […]

We don’t want to give undue promotion to one company over others but we came across a deal that we felt we needed to pass along. […]

Vesper produces one of the most sophisticated AIS devices on the market that can be integrated with most MFD/GPS systems. Recently, the New Zealand-based company introduced […]

Battery charging is always a prime concern for cruisers and people living on their boats.  How can you have all of the gadgets and electronics you […]

Last summer Raymarine rolled out the beta version of the new Lighthouse software for their Axiom multifunction displays that was created specifically for sailors who cruise […]

It is Boating Safety Week so we thought we’d introduce you to one of the coolest, simplest and most affordable man-overboard recovery devices we’ve ever seen. […]

After a lightning strike, we had to replace all of our electronics-it was an eye opening task  (published January/February 2018) A couple of years ago we […]

“Stay in Touch!” It’s a common enough term, but one that takes on many places and is important to many people  (published November/December 2017)   As […]

Today’s multi-function displays (MFDs) do so much more than manage charts  (published April 2017) If the engine is the boat’s brawn, the multi-function display (MFD) is […]