PredictWind Debuts New GPS Tracking Device
There’s a new GPS tracking device for the marine market that claims unrivalled reliability and trust by mariners all over the world.
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Standard Horizon GX-6000E Quantum Integrated AIS Receiver
The GX-6000E is packed full of features, including full DSC (Digital Selective Calling) capability, a loud hailer, a GPS navigation page and a Class B (non SOLAS) AIS (Automatic Identification System) receiver.
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Handheld Wonders
When handheld electronics are mentioned, first thoughts may be of simple devices that are appropriate for use on small boats and tenders but that do not have the capability of more sophisticated electronics onboard. That may have been the case in years past but today’s technology has improved and miniaturized so much that there is…
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Caribbean News : First Sea Level Monitoring Station in St. Martin
The instruments, contained in a concrete housing, monitor fluctuating sea levels; the data produced from a radar antenna above water and a pressure sounder in the water. Data collected contributes to the Tsunami alert system and can predict tides and climate change. Sea level monitor in operation Marigot, St. Martin – The island’s…
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Satellite Messengers Get HELP when out of Range
EPIRBs and PLBs are no longer the only option as certain satellite messengers can also get help when out of cellular range.
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EPIRB GPS – Lifesaving Rescue Beacons
You are at sea and conditions have rapidly deteriorated. Your vessel is taking on water and the only option is to abandon ship. The radio equipment has been rendered useless and you are left floating or treading water in the blue abyss. This could spell the end for some – but it doesn’t have to….
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Geocaching Along the ICW
“Are there any caches in the area?†That simple question has taken my husband and me to a top of a ridge with spectacular views of the river below, into an old mine shaft in a remote part of a state park and has provided us with history lessons in cities up and down the…
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Never Follow the Boat in Front! Her Skipper Might be a Navigator
There are many things I like about being editor of this great magazine not least of which is the diversity of our writers who month after month contribute to its success. On my watch I have got to know many of them quite well yet have met few in person. Like most sailors everywhere, we…
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Go Geocaching for High Tech Treasure Hunting
Ready for a new kind of adventure? How about going in search of treasure buried on a deserted island, hidden on a peak above a tropical bay or secreted away in an underwater cave? There are thousands of sites like this just waiting to be discovered worldwide through a new sport called geocaching. So, grab…
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Personal Satellite Based Message and Location System
Dear Dr. IT, I recently scared the day lights out of my wife when we returned nearly five hours late from a fishing trip. Personal, Satellite-based message and location system by means of SPOT is the answer.
