Chandlery: 04/15/04
Suunto M9 Wristop ComputerIn the trend towards miniaturization in electronics, there's a fine line between true utility and whiz-bang cleverness for its own sake....
The Pull of Pushbuttons
A friend dropped by the office when we were working on a review of the Magellan SporTrak PRO Marine handheld GPS receiver (to appear...
Networked Systems: Furuno vs. Raymarine
Lots of marine electronics makers produce stand-alone components like a radar, chartplotter, or depthsounder. It used to be the only way to go. But,...
Magellan FX324 Map Color
We last reviewed color GPS chartplotters in the April 15, 2003 issue. In that review, the Standard Horizon 150C came out on top, with...
Electric Bilge Pumps
Bilge pumps are usually out of sight, but they should never be out of mind. They serve two purposes. First, they clear the bilge...
Color LCD Fishfinders Under $1,000
Our last fishfinder (scanning sounder) review was about a year ago, in the December 2002 issue. In that article we covered six monochrome sounders...
Chartplotter-Sounder Conversions
There's a new breed of depthsounder that will allow your existing chartplotter or radar display to multi-task. The new technology allows those with limited...
LED Flashlights
At the end of our last review of LED flashlights, only about three and half years ago, (March 2000) we said that the development...
Just the Numbers, Please: A Stand-Alone Sounder Sampling
Last December we reviewed fishfinders (aka scanning sounders) in Practical Sailor. If you're installing a depthsounder (and through-hull transducer) for the first time, and...
Monochrome GPS Plotter-Sounders
Type the words "combo unit" into an Internet search engine and you'll come up with quite a few responses. For sale: TV/VCR/DVD combo...
Diesel Overheating Dinghy Pump Hack
Bert Vermeer tells his story of an overheating Beta Marine 20 diesel sailboat engine with clogged sail drive intake ports and how he used...
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Brothers George and Michael McCreary, and Marshall Jones, formed Caliber Yachts Inc. as a backyard boatbuilding company in 1979. No strangers to the sailing...