Optronics Blue Eye Shines Bright Among Handheld Spotlights

If youve ever powered down the Intracoastal Waterway at night in the rain or came into an inlet from the sea looking for channel...

Barometers: Altitude and Speedtech Tops for Forecasting

It takes very little skill or technology to know that youre in the midst of a storm. It takes considerably more to know that...

Barometers: Altitude and Speedtech Tops for Forecasting

It takes very little skill or technology to know that youre in the midst of a storm. It takes considerably more to know that...

The Holes That Wouldnt Close

Viva, our 1975 Tartan 44 test boat, has, like most fiberglass boats, a hollow fiberglass rudder and skeg. The rudderstock is solid stainless steel,...

CO Detectors: Its MTI Safe-T-Alert

Combine any enclosed occupied space with a combustion process and you have the recipe for possible carbon monoxide poisoning. An inboard-powered boat, by definition,...

Marine Electronics:11-Model TV Antenna Test

For boat owners who just can't do without an onboard TV, there are two approaches for bringing in signals to a boat-direct satellite receivers...

Marine Electronics:SEA 159, Icom M45 and M49 Are Top Fixed-Mount VHF Radios

What with all the current interest in handheld GPS and LCD radar, its easy to forget that most fundamental and important piece of marine...

Marine Electronics:Garmin 48 Tops in Handheld GPS

As it is with notebook computers, GPS receivers continue to evolve into faster, smaller and more powerful devices. Our latest crop of test models...

Marine Electronics:11-Model TV Antenna Test

For boat owners who just can't do without an onboard TV, there are two approaches for bringing in signals to a boat-direct satellite receivers...

Marine Electronics:SEA 159, Icom M45 and M49 Are Top Fixed-Mount VHF Radios

What with all the current interest in handheld GPS and LCD radar, its easy to forget that most fundamental and important piece of marine...

Zero Dollar Cruising Dream | Halcyon 23

Could you really live on a small sailboat, go cruising cheap, or chase the sailing dream without buying a huge expensive boat? In this...

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