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	<title>Recreational Marine Navigation</title>
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		<title>Luxury Yacht Company Offers Pirate-Hunting Cruises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Passengers on a new cruise along the coast of Somalia are paying to catch more than just salmonella.
A Russian luxury yacht company is now offering pirate-hunting trips that promise the chance to be attacked by real sea bandits. The yachts cruise from Djibouti to Mombasa in Kenya at deliberately low speeds in the hopes of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marnav.info/blog/?p=65</link>
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		<title>Gift for &#8216;Real Sailors&#8217;</title>
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		<link>http://www.marnav.info/blog/?p=62</link>
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		<title>Live Piracy Map</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This map shows all the piracy and armed robbery incidents reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre during 2008. If exact coordinates are not provided, estimated positions are shown based on information provided. Zoom-in and click on the pointers to view more information of an individual attack. Pointers may be superimposed on each other.
Here is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marnav.info/blog/?p=59</link>
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		<title>Replacement Spectra Watermaker Filters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love my Spectra watermaker, but the filters are really expensive.  Today I found a replacement activated charcoal filter.  Spectra resells the KX Matrikx Industries brand for $30.50.  The filters are nominal 3 micron extruded carbon, 10&#8243; x 2.75&#8243;.  Filtersfast.com has the same filter (KX Matrikx +10 /2 10-250-190-975) for $8.50.
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		<link>http://www.marnav.info/blog/?p=58</link>
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		<title>Whale Sightings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just concluded a passage from British Columbia to California.  Between Bodega Bay, CA and the Farallon Islands we encountered dozens of large whales: humpback, grey, and many individuals of a much larger species.  Here is a video I took of two of these unknown whales.  Any idea what they are?

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		<link>http://www.marnav.info/blog/?p=53</link>
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		<title>Long-awaited Raymarine C70 update available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had problems with timed transmit mode on my Raymarine C70 for years.  The v4.29 software update seems to have finally solved the problem.  Updated documentation is here.
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		<link>http://www.marnav.info/blog/?p=49</link>
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		<title>Dial A Buoy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NOAA has a useful service called Dial A Buoy.  Unfortunately, the only phone number listed is 888-701-8992; if anyone knows of a non-800 number, please let me know.
Please, no bad puns about San Francisco and &#8220;Dial a Boy&#8221;.  This is a high class blog.
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		<link>http://www.marnav.info/blog/?p=48</link>
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		<title>Robotic Sailboats to cross the Atlantic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marnav.info/blog/?p=47</link>
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		<title>Linux Navigation Software Tease</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent blog, I mentioned that I was developing Linux-based open source navigation software for Willow Garage. In the course of doing this, I discovered that CodeWeavers&#8217; CrossOver Linux product allowed Coastal Explorer / Chart Navigator Pro to run in a win2k bottle.  That doesn&#8217;t mean that NMEA devices work with programs running [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marnav.info/blog/?p=44</link>
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		<title>Cool Maretron N2K Analyzer; Fragile WSO100</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m working on a NMEA2000 network.  Because this system is highly customized, it is set up on a bench for software development and system debugging.  In the following picture you can see that an Agilent E3610A DC power supply is providing 11.75 volts DC to the bus, via a yellow cable that ends [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marnav.info/blog/?p=37</link>
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