Marine Electronics

River of Forgotten Days

When it comes to promoting my books, my wife says I’m much too shy. She tells friends that I won’t even ask a book...

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...

Offshore Log: Shurflo Pump Lacks Oomph

Our Shurflo pump has been a disappointment. At the time we installed it, it was the highest-capacity pump of its style available, and smaller...

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...

Lagoon’s WILD NEW 43 Footer is Replacing the 42!

Are you interested in chartering a catamaran sailboat? This is Lagoons new entry level cat. The 43, and while you can still buy a...

Latest Sailboat Review

Cape Dory 30 Used Boat Review

When the Cape Dory 30 entered production in 1976, it was the largest boat in the expanding line of the Taunton, Massachusetts boatbuilder. In...