The Marine Electronics Hub
Ben Stein’s cabling frustrations reminded me about the value of good cable glands, like the selection from PYI Seaview. They are designed so that you can pass a cable with a fair-sized connector, or several such cables, through a deck or superstructure, but end up with a tight waterproof seal around the cables…
Furuno is once again expanding upon their legacy of innovation with the introduction of a new line of “Hi-Brite” Multi Touch Marine Monitors, offering state of the art brilliance and sensitivity to Furuno TZtouch and TZtouch2 Black Box systems…
Available since November 2017, the Furuno DFF3D multi-beam sonar and the latest version of TZ Professional offer both commercial and sports fishermen a revolutionary bathymetry technology…
I’m noticing a trend and I don’t like it. You see that nice, metal wrapped RJ-45 connector in the picture? It’s junk now, corroded and unusable. It’s sitting on the counter in my galley clipped off the Winegard Connect 4G1xM I’m starting to test. I believe this is because of the cabling approach Winegard has used on this otherwise very well designed piece of hardware and Wnegard isn’t alone.
I did hire a diver to clean Gizmo’s bottom last September, but he said he found very little hard growth. So it seems fair to say that the water-based copper-free Pettit Hydrocoat Eco did well in that department…But I’m sorry to report that even the extra Zinc Omadine biocide did not prevent the brown slime from growing fairly thick at Gizmo’s waterline just a month or so after launch…
New SP-110C Combines High-Vis Color LCD, New Graphic Presentations With Reliable Performance and Easy Operation SI-TEX Marine Electronics has added the new SP-110C Color Autopilot to its popular SP-110 compact autopilot family for...
Despite our phone conversation with Garmin cartography manager Ken Cirillo, the company had still not officially declared their plans for ActiveCaptain in writing. That changed today with a Garmin email to AC captains beginning:...
This was such a pleasant surprise. Perhaps you recall how I built a solar-charged bilge pump system into my tender Gadget in early 2016. It’s worked very well but also taken abuse, and the 3AH battery died last December. There were a great many choices on Amazon, but if you want the amazing technology seen above, get…
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17, 2018 – A proposal by President Trump to allow the sale of E15 (15 percent ethanol) gasoline year-round has set off alarm bells at the nation’s largest boating advocacy group, BoatOwners Association of The United States (BoatUS)…
Ben and I are excited to report that we’ve teamed up with Steve Mitchell from SailBits to co-present the Marine Electronics Forums. Steve brings a wealth of knowledge to the forums and if you...
