Handheld Anemometers
A comparison of the new Minox against Kestrel and Speedtech Instruments finds the Skymate a Best Buy.
Gimbaled Radar Mount Concern
Calypso is equipped with a Questus model 100 backstay-mounted gimbaling radar mount for her Furuno 1831 radar. We have always liked this system, since...
Handheld GPS Chart Plotters: Watch Out For That Rock!
Almost all portable GPS receivers include track plotting that may sometimes be confused with electronic charts. The units discussed here, however, have in addition...
New Handheld GPS Plotters
No sooner had we wrapped up our review of three GPS plotters in the May 1, 1998 issue than we got a preview of...
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...
Raytheon Still Top LCD Radar
Early radar antennas needed large, open radiator arrays with correspondingly large motors to turn them. These evolved into compact, enclosed antennas that weigh as...
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: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...
Is the Gulfstar 44 a STEAL of a DEAL?
If you plan to go cruising on a sailboat and sail in the ocean, the Gulfstar 44 might just be the perfect budget cruiser...
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The Valiant 40 has a long history. In 1972, Nathan Rothman decided to start a boatbuilding business and approached old friend Bob Perry to...