Garmin OnBoard: A Wireless Man-Overboard and Engine-Kill System
Garmin’s new OnBoard system swaps the kill cord for a wireless tag that can cut the engine in an instant.
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New Fishing Products on the Scene
Probably one of the most interesting and innovative products at the show was a drone. Yep, you read that correctly. A drone at a fishing show, you ask? Yes again. Walking the isles of ICAST (the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades) it is mindboggling to see all the new products being showcased to the…
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Laughing at Yourself For Laughing at Others
There’s many other How-To books I want to write: “How To Say Nothing in 100,000 Words”, “How to Pretend to be an Expert on Subjects Your Readers Know Even Less About”, and “How Not to Smirk” are just a few. Yikes! I just wrote a book entitled STORM PROOFING YOUR BOAT, GEAR, AND CREW and,…
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Branson Joins Ocean Voyaging Canoe “Hokulea” in BVI
On March 8, the Hawaiian canoe Hokulea spent its 41st birthday in the British Virgin Islands, just one of many stops in a three-year voyage around the world to create global relationships and raise environmental awareness about the Earth’s oceans. Hokulea is a full-scale replica of a wa‘a kaulua, a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe. Hokulea…
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New Products
SPORT FISHING BELT BUCKLE The world’s first ‘fish-ready’ sport fishing belt and buckle acts as a support system for most saltwater rods. It eliminates the discomfort anglers feel from leveraging fishing rods against their bodies, creating a more comfortable fishing experience. A smaller, lighter version of the classic fighting belt, the Fishing Buckle is ready for use in…
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Thermal Imagers Aboard: More Than Night Vision
When one draws a mental picture of thermal imagers aboard you might picture an expensive small white dome on a hardtop or arch of a gleaming yacht – and you wouldn’t be wrong. You would have imagined one of the best-known varieties of this technology and indeed they are more common as time goes by….
