News archive for November 2008
BMET – Intermediate Syllabus, download here!
21 November 2008
The syllabus covers the underpinning knowledge of marine electrical systems and marine instrumentation. It leads from a revision of dc & ac theory into its application to electrical equipment. It includes the basic sensors and control systems with drawings used on a typical marine installation.
Read more »Garmin’s Touchscreen Oregon™ Series Gives Marine Enthusiasts the World at their Fingertips
20 November 2008
Garmin is proud to introduce the Oregon series of handheld GPS devices for marine, outdoor and fitness enthusiasts, combining an intuitive touchscreen interface, rugged, resilient design and a variety of preloaded mapping options.
Read more »New ‘Touch’ Chart Plotter From Digital Yacht
20 November 2008
Touch is the latest electronic chart plotter product from Digital Yacht. As its names implies, it uses touchscreen technology for fingertip cursor control and data entry.
Read more »Garmin broadens instrument range with ‘super smooth’ Wind Sensor
20 November 2008
Garmin is introducing its first wind sensor for its marine networking range of instruments. The GWS 10 Wind Sensor is a modern new wind vane that not only monitors wind speed and direction but also provides barometric pressure and air temperature data – in effect, a mini weather station suitable for sailing boats and power craft.
Read more »Garmin introduces two new VHF marine radios
20 November 2008
Garmin, is pleased to announce the launch of the VHF 100i and VHF 200i, two new powerful VHF radios.
Read more »Raymarine’s 1000th G Series confirmed at METS
20 November 2008
Raymarine has announced that the company has sold its 1000th G Series system at METS. Azimut, Ferretti and Uniesse are amongst boat manufacturers that have recently confirmed orders, taking total sales of the company’s top of the range multifunction display system to over 1000 since its launch in Autumn ‘07.
Read more »New Satelite TV, The Digitalvision TV5 From Digital Yacht
20 November 2008
Digital Yacht has launched the DigitalVision TV5 satellite TV system for boats. It is a fully automatic and stabilised satellite tracking system, so TV can be received even whilst underway or at anchor with no manual realignment of the antenna required.
Read more »Garmin® Announces New Marine Charts: More Details at a Lower Price
20 November 2008
Garmin is pleased to announce the next generation of its BlueChart® g2 and BlueChart g2 Vision™ technology – giving boaters even more dimension and information to what is already considered the benchmark in marine cartography.
Read more »Garmin Announces the GPSMAP® 600 Series: Touchscreen, Rugged and Ready for Land or Sea
20 November 2008
Garmin, is delighted to announce the launch of the GPSMAP 620 – an ultra portable and rugged touchscreen navigator with worldwide basemap and shaded relief.
Read more »Icom IC-M71 – The People’s Choice For Handheld VHF Radio
18 November 2008
The world’s largest marine electronics comparison website www.Navigate-us.com has announced the winner of the ‘People’s favourite handheld VHF radio’ as Icom’s IC-M71! All votes were cast online by members of the site.
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