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Best New Tech 2008, Boat Goodies?
Just like last year, Popsci.com’s excellent Best of What’s New 2008 edit package is rich with tech that might one day trickle up to yachting. For instance, couldn’t a version of the Lexus super wide-angle integrated cameras seen above be useful in docking? How about a satellite able to…
Simrad Glass Bridge System Maintains Leading Position With Enhancements For 2009
Multi-monitor support, new digital mapping suite and weather files
New Year’s Wishes, Of The Marine Electronics Kind
Aside from Panbo’s able crew of regular commenters—some of whom I’ve gotten to know personally, and all of whom I appreciate—the sixty thousand plus unique monthly visitors here are a somewhat mysterious mishmash of marine electronics enthusiasts, product info searchers, and trades people. Actually I also know a lot of folks in the trade who [...]
Happy New Year, And Mind The Leap Second
That graph represents the teensy weensy difference over recent years between “real” solar system time and the time we oh-so-carefully keep with atomic clocks. As of this morning, real time—i.e. the mean sun dead south or north at noon (at the exact mid longitude of a time zone)—was 6/10ths of a second behind Coordinated Universal [...]
Yaesu Vx-8r, Sign Of Vhf Handhelds To Come?
I recently spoke with Standard Horizon VP Jason Kennedy, mostly about the HX850s cracked case issue which I commented on today (and which has become a Sailing Anarchy thread). But we also discussed the future of GPS/VHF handhelds, a future that’s especially rosy as…
Grinch Alert, Fake Life Raft & Epirb Releases!
One reason that this holiday season seems a little gray was finding out that some bastards decided to make a few dollars by counterfeiting the Hammar H20 hydrostatic releases used on many ships to automatically deploy life rafts and EPIRBs in a desperate situation…
Panbo Holiday Good Wishes, From Brooklyn
As gray it is, but with pinpoints of light shining through, this image (bigger here) says Christmas season 2008 for me…
Broadband Radar, More Details
Last week I wrote my March PMY column about Navico’s Broadband Radar and learned some more details in the process. The pricing, for instance, is almost finalized, and sounds decent…
Landau Uk Ltd To Take Part In World Famous Rally
Landau UK Ltd is pleased to be helping support and sponsor one of its team in this years World famous Dakar Rally (Paris-Dakar). Ben Metcalfe from Landau UK Ltd is participating in the Rally.
The Dakar is dubbed the Worlds hardest event with a less than 35% success rate and a huge number of dangers for [...]
Landau Uk Move To New Premises
Landau UK Ltd have recently moved into new premises at Swanwick Premier Marina.
Please find details about the new location.
Landau UK LtdUnit C Building 9 Swanwick MarinaSwanwick Hampshire SO31 1ZL
Tel: 01489 577 588Fax: 01489 577 784email: service@landauuk.comwww.landauuk.com
The company has moved as part of its continued expansion. Landau are able to cover any modifications or installs to all motor vessels using [...]