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Jan
25
Animated weather forecast
Filed Under navigation, software, weather | 1 Comment
This is my favorite feature of all the products I reviewed for the navigation software survey I wrote for Practical Sailor Magazine and Power Boat Reports.
GRIB weather data is provided free of charge by NOAA. Newer navigation products can display GRIB weather data such as pressure isobars and temperature, as well as sea state. Coastal [...]
Jan
24
NMEA 0183 Multiplexers
Filed Under NMEA0183, Practical Sailor, navigation, software | Leave a Comment
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 [...]