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Panbo: The Marine Electronics Weblog

by Ben Ellison
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About Ben Ellison
Yachting's Electronics Editor Ben Ellison shares his thoughts on the latest marine electronics. Read Full Bio
May 17, 2012
Inside Eric's Umpire PWC, and ACWS in Venice
By Ben Ellison
image-Eric Steinberg at ACWS San Diego-thumb-465x403-5629 41507
I've corresponded with Eric Steinberg for years -- and wrote about some of his offshore racing electronics ideas in 2010 -- but what a pleasure it was to meet him in San Diego. [ Read More ]
What's on board...
May 15, 2012
RayControl & RayRemote, the future is here?
By Ben Ellison
image-RayControl on iPad1 busy cPanbo-thumb-465x348-5617 41508
Above is Raymarine's new RayControl app running on my iPad1 and the screen is purposely busy because I was trying to stress it. [ Read More ]
Navigation / The Trade / Wireless & Apps
May 11, 2012
AIShub, how you too can put AIS targets online
By Ben Ellison
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At the end of Wednesday's discussion about cell-based mAIS -- which only works via the Internet instead of direct VHF radio transmissions -- I mentioned how I' [ Read More ]
AIS
May 9, 2012
Boat Beacon & MarineTraffic mAIS, yipee or yike?
By Ben Ellison
image-Boat Beacon app test cPanbo-thumb-465x348-5586 41510
At first Boat Beacon may look like yet another iPad or iPhone app for viewing online AIS tracking services like ShipFinder, but in fact it's a very new and slightly disconce [ Read More ]
AIS / Wireless & Apps
May 7, 2012
Navionics charts, really fresh data & lots of it
By Ben Ellison
image-Navionics World store app cPanbo-thumb-465x332-5580 41511
I've been using Navionics "Freshest Data" for almost a year now, and while it takes some getting used to and I have experienced a few glitches, my access to up-to-date charts has become nothing short of astounding. [ Read More ]
Charts
May 3, 2012
SPOT Connect, works fine & deserves attention
By Ben Ellison
image-Aegean SPOT Connect track w messages cPanbo-thumb-465x369-5553 41512
If it's heartbreaking to see a cheerful-looking Aegean crew underway in fine weather less than 24 hours before they perished -- as we discussed earlier this week -- i [ Read More ]
Safety / Wireless & Apps
April 30, 2012
The Aegean loss, would AIS have helped?
By Ben Ellison
image-Aegean 4-27 courtesy Newport Beach Patch Susan Hoffman-thumb-465x396-5546 41513
It is quite chilling to see this photo of the Hunter 376 Aegean taken at the Friday start of the Newport to Ensenada Race with the knowledge that the boat was "smashed to bits" that night and t [ Read More ]
AIS
April 26, 2012
Kannad R10 AIS MoB beacon gets FCC approval, but not easily!
By Ben Ellison
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Kannad Marine's SafeLink R10 SRS (for Survivor Rescue System) just received FCC approval, and it's about time given that this personal AIS SART was int [ Read More ]
AIS / Safety
April 25, 2012
Siren Marine, best cellular boat monitoring yet?
By Ben Ellison
image-Siren Marine cellular boat monitoring cPanbo-thumb-465x273-5531 41515
I like receiving an "I'm OK" text message from Gizmo every day, even if she is still sitting in the middle of Wayfarer's back lot, and I'm becoming confident that the Siren Marine Sprite I'm testing w [ Read More ]
Wireless & Apps
April 23, 2012
LED interior boat lighting, perfection in sight?
By Ben Ellison
image-Boat dome light LED bulb replacements c Panbo-thumb-465x369-5519 41516
Switching Gizmo's interior lighting to LEDs seems like a no-brainer, especially given the horridly inefficient incandescent lighting she came with. [ Read More ]
Cabin & deck gear
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