Handheld Electronics

Icom GM1600 Handheld VHF Test

The Icom GM1600 is a specialty marine handheld VHF designed for use aboard survival craft and large ships. It meets the rigorous Global Maritime...

Marine Electronics: Practical Sailor Tests Portable Depth Sounders

One would expect that one of the least complicated and most critical pieces of electronic equipment on a boat would also be the most...

Quatix Superwatch

There is no shortage of sailing watches on the market, and weve reviewed our fair share (PS, November 2011 issue). So when Garmin released...

Practical Sailor Tests Two New Handheld GPS Units from Garmin

Garmin’s new scroll-wheel Colorado 400c and touchscreen Oregon 400c offer some unique features, but their multi-sport focus falls short in satisfying all of a...

Feature-loaded VHFs with GPS

What We TestedOur current test group consisted of four radios. Icom, a global company whose product line includes communications equipment and products based in...

Stabilizing Cameras and Video Cameras Underway

Anyone who has ever tried to stabilize a camera aboard a moving boat knows how difficult it can be to keep the equipment dry,...

Testing Smart Phones at Sea

With the hopes of answering readers questions about the viability of using a "smart phone" or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and the requisite charts...

Portable Sailing Tools for Tracking and Tuning Boat Speed

The marine GPS receiver in its purest form is meant to answer three important questions: Where are we? What direction are we going? How...

Next Best Thing

While world leaders and presumed financial wizards set to work trying to right the global economy with some very expensive bailers and sponges, Practical...

Solo Sailor’s Gear Box

The 30th anniversary of the Singlehanded TransPac (SHTP), which starts July 12, includes an entry list of widely diverse designs with most of the...

40-Footer Boat Tours – With Some Big Surprises! | Boat Tour

Join us at the Miami Boat Show as we get on four 40-footers for boat tours! A Beneteau 37.1, Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410, Dufour...