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A discussion board and photo gallery for cruising sailors and wannabes focused on systems based on onboard computers. Also includes discussions on marine paper charts.
[Cruisers Forum, Buskerud, Norway]
A discussion board and photo gallery for cruising sailors and wannabes focused on sailing instruments and communications equipment. Autopilot, radar, sonar, chart plotters, satellite telephones, mobile telephones, internet, marine e-mail, VHF, HF, SSB, etc.
[Cruisers Forum, Buskerud, Norway]
Waterproof, highly legible chart plotter and radar screens are showing up next to the helm on cruising boats. Some tips on choosing among them. 3 pages with photos.
[Sail Magazine, January 2002]
Check the date on any article about plotting software and digital charts. The field is moving so fast! This review looks at products from C-MAP, Fugawi, Transas, and Nobeltec. 4 pages with photos.
[Practical Sailor, 1 May 2004]
Two recent color plotters from Navman and Si-Tex are compared and reviewed. Also a features comparison among Magellan, Northstar, Furuno, Standard Horizon, Garmin, Raymarine, and Simrad models.
[Practical Sailor, 15 August 2004]
Although written for power boaters, the comparison of two completely networked electronics systems is informative. Focus is primarily on user interface and screen viewability.
[Powerboat Reports, October 2002]
Addendum to earlier evaluation of charting software from CAPN, MaxSea, Nobeltec, RayTech, and Fugawi. 4 pages with photos and table of features.
[Practical Sailor, 1 August 2002]
New designs from Furuno, Garmin, Raymarine, and Simrad are compared for day and nighttime viewability, and user interface. 5 pages with photos and table of specs and evaluations.
[Practical Sailor, 15 April 2005]
A sunlight-visible screen up to 15 inches for radar images, sounder images, digital chart images, weather images? It′s possible today. Here are two systems that offer this kind of networking.
[Practical Sailor, 1 August 2004]
Day and night visibility, ease of getting the information you want, lack of intrusion from superfluous features, and of course price - these are what PS looked for in comparing 10 plotters from 8 makers.
[Practical Sailor]With electronic charting, a few mouse clicks on various harbors can yield a very quick answer to the question, how quickly can we be tied up and in a warm shower?
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