marine electronics

When reporters were recently being given tours of the Royal Navy’s new “supercarrier,” HMS Queen Elizabeth, some were surprized to see a

This article was written by Tom Nork via TheTeakRail, for reviews of the best marine gear visit TheTeakRail.com. No matter where you are sailing, whether it

Simrad, owned by Navico – the world’s largest marine electronics company – announced this week that its professional-grade autopilot system,

Over the last few years, marine electronics manufacturers have been working overtime to develop a common infrastructure to transport NMEA 2000® messages over

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of Washington this week approved the SafeLink R10 AIS SART for use in the United States. Commenting on the

With a starting price of around $70 the Amazon Kindle has been adopted by countless readers around the world, but did you know it could also save your life?

FURUNO  is once again setting a new benchmark for innovation in integrated marine electronics, with the introduction of NavNet TZtouch™. This new

Nearly 2 months ago a product arrived on gCaptain’s doorstep that brought a smile to our faces, Flir’s First Mate, Handheld Thermal Imaging,

Fire, sinking, and even collisions can turn an ordinary day at sea into a flutter of activity and worry, but nothing provokes the immediate and raw emotions as

A little, Sort Of. Back on February 1st 2009, though boat owners and ship riders didn’t hear it, there were celebrations all over the rescue world as the

Remember the time when people wore wristwatches, the most fancy of which had auto-wind features capable of winding your watch with just the movement of your

I miss the ticks of the analogue gyro repeater. Today’s gyro compasses are more functional and easy to interface with modern electronic systems but they

gCaptain has long been a proponent of Personal Locator Beacons (PLB), the handheld sized versions of EPIRB’s and we have even gone as far as saying

Photo by Andy! Rarely do I see a product and rush over to Amazon for an immediate purchase but this is not an ordinary product. It’s the Amazon Kindle,

Recent news that the EU would most likely take over the US role of hosting an international exchange of LRIT (Long-Range Identification and Tracking Systems)

With the integration of modern electronic systems into a wider array of ships, the modern mariner is increasingly spending a significant amount of time looking

Two weeks ago, in cooperation with 59-56, we asked you to design the ship of your dreams in a feature called “Pimp My Ship“. Not suprising we had a

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While much larger initiatives are needed to make shipping more environmentally sound, the little things add up. Don’t believe me? Ask any Engineer who

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