Can You Hear Me Now? Mariner 500 Communication Aid
One of the many challenging aspects of on-board life is exchanging information between the helmsperson and the crew at the other end of the...
Speed Reader – Velocitek Marine Electronics
Handheld marine electronics can provide an essential backup to permanently mounted gear. That aspect is certainly part of the appeal for a product called...
The Multitasking Standard Horizon CPV350 Challenges Top-Performing Chartplotters and VHF Radios
The CPV350 has a long list of features that go beyond the ability to transmit and receive. It has an integral 30-watt hailer with...
The Solar Stik
Solar panels have proven themselves a valuable ally in the never-ending battle to keep batteries charged and todays power-hungry systems fed. A common sight...
Ocean Tested: Must-have Software for Cruisers
Software for downloading e-mail, weather information, and tide information from the Internet over a high-seas radio or a satellite phone gets used most frequently...
Tankless Scuba Diving
The last few years, weve used a neat, 12-volt battery-powered "snuba" rig&emdash;a snorkeling-scuba hybrid&emdash;to inspect our test boats hull. We first reported on this...
SeaPack Desal System Turns Salt Water into Sweet Water
Options for securing water at sea during emergency situations have traditionally been limited to solar stills, catchment systems, portable reverse osmosis units, or pre-staging...
3dB VHF Antenna Test
Buy a good VHF radio and an even better VHF antenna. Thats advice that we have all heard at one time or another. But...
Ocean Testing the Best Sailing Gear
My partner, Beth, and I have sailed more than 85,000 nautical miles, including a three-year tropical circumnavigation via Cape Hope and an eight-year, high-latitude...
Mailport: 12/06
MARINE INSURANCE REDUXI have been reading with much interest your articles about marine insurance this year (April and May 2006). Every year, I look...
The No Expense Spared Antigua 60 Cruising Sailboat Soolaimon
Join us for a boat tour of the gorgeous Antigua 60 cruising sailboat Soolaimon. She boasts electric winches, a mighty Lofrans electric windlass, and...
