Never buy another guide book? No way!
Posted on August 5th 2010 - Ben Ellison
Jeffrey Siegel caused a minor ruckus when he titled an iphonesailing.net thread about ActiveCaptain "There's no reason to buy another guide book..." I'm a ...
SiMON2, for iPad & "smaller" yachts
Posted on August 3rd 2010 - Ben Ellison
The press release calls SiMON2 "the first alarm monitoring system for the new Apple iPad," which seems odd given what we've already seen from InteliSea. ...
Wilson cell booster testing, on Sun Dancer
Posted on July 30th 2010 - Ben Ellison
Panbo reader Pat Harmon is cruising Alaska aboard M/V Sun Dancer and he kindly agreed to write about some gear, seen above, that's helping him ...
Sirius Satellite Weather on the Chartplotter
Posted on July 30th 2010 - Lenny Rudow
After testing Sirius satellite weather on the chartplotter, I signed up for the service myself. Since I take my kids out on offshore adventures that ...
Gizmo bridge 2010, a shout out to Garmin ID
Posted on July 29th 2010 - Ben Ellison
While Panbo's logo is still a work in progress, check out the sharp name plate Gizmo is sporting, thanks to Garmin's industrial design department. Gander ...
Gulf Oil Spill Map from NOAA Charts Fishing Closures
Posted on July 29th 2010 - Lenny Rudow
There’s a new interactive NOAA map online that charts the Gulf oil spill, fishing closures, spill trajectories, environmental impact, and more; it even has aerial ...
Genasun & Victron, power to spare?
Posted on July 27th 2010 - Ben Ellison
That's a pair of Genasun LFP Lithium batteries that weigh a small fraction of what similar sized regular marine batteries would and offer a lot ...
DY AIS200N2K, even better than it looks!
Posted on July 26th 2010 - Ben Ellison
The picture tells a lot: Digital Yacht's new AIS200N2K is the first AIS receiver I know of with NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000, and USB ...
Adding a High Accuracy Fuel Flow Meter on your Boat
Posted on July 26th 2010 - Lenny Rudow
Adding a high accuracy fuel flow meter onto your boat is a much easier installation then most people would assume, and it gives you some ...
Fugawi X-Traverse Now Compatible with iPad
Posted on July 23rd 2010 - Tom Tripp
Yeah, now you can use your Fugawi X-Traverse account to bring it all onboard your cool new iPad. Okay! Okay! I'll buy an iPad already. ...