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May
15
Robotic Sailboats to cross the Atlantic
Filed Under NMEA0183, Uncategorized, navigation, weather | Leave a Comment
The Microtransat Challenge will feature seven robotic craft, without crew, competing in a race across the Atlantic Ocean.
This historic transatlantic race will run between September 29 and October 5, 2008 and start at Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The finishing line lies between the Northern tip of St. Lucia and the Southern tip of Martinique [...]
May
30
Armchair navigation on Windows with live AIS data
Filed Under NMEA0183, Practical Sailor, navigation, software | Leave a Comment
To help me test navigation software for an upcoming Practical Sailor review, I wanted a way to simulate NMEA 0183 data streams from a GPS and a wind sensor.
I discovered NemaTalker (29 euros) and the free open source com0com. This software combination allows me to simulate sailing through any area of the world, in [...]
Jan
24
NMEA 0183 Multiplexers
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I am preparing a review of high speed NMEA 0183 multiplexers for Practical Sailor Magazine. Your chartplotter can act as your boat’s ‘nerve center’, but only if all your instruments can connect to it. NMEA 0183 is the most common standard for connecting marine instruments together, and a NMEA multiplexer is necessary to connect many [...]