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Lowrance LVR-880 VHF/FM Radio By Ben Ellison \| Posted November 2007 Lowrance LVR-880 VHF/FM RadioIn a world with so many VHF choices, two features on the Lowrance LVR-880 are especially noteworthy. One, it can receive stereo FM stations, even cut... Read Article	Swift Hitch By Ben Ellison \| Posted November 2007 Swift HitchAs the name implies, this $309 wireless color camera and display are meant to make hitching a vehicle to a trailer easy, and they do. Features that help: The image can... Read Article
Freestyle Audio Sport MP3 Player By \| Posted November 2007 Freestyle Audio Sport MP3 playerSo I not only tested the Freestyle water- and shockproof Sport MP3 music player, but also my ability to windsurf like I once could. Unfortunately I... Read Article	E.E. Owner By Ben Ellison \| Posted October 2007 "Glass bridge? Nah...been there, done that!" That's George Wallner surprising me as we tour his splendid and almost-finished 94-foot Electra. I'm already intrigued.Billy... Read Article
Interphase SE-200B By Ben Ellison \| Posted October 2007 Interphase SE-200BInterphase's SE-200B forward-looking sonar (FLS) can be neatly integrated into most any helm. Its video output can go to one or more of the many multifunction... Read Article	Krill Black Box By Ben Ellison \| Posted October 2007 Krill Black BoxFor a while now Krill Systems has been building sophisticated sensor pods that collect all sorts of vessel info—tank levels, switching states, power... Read Article
Boatsense Solutions By Ben Ellison \| Posted October 2007 Boatsense solutions remote vessel monitoring systemThe new company Boatsense Solutions has applied a rigorous keep-it-simple, -rugged, and -economical approach to its single... Read Article	Where To? By Ben Ellison \| Posted September 2007 The four units displayed in my test lab below—ranging from the diminutive 440 all the way up to the touch-screen 5212—are a good representation of the five... Read Article
Raymarine A60 By Ben Ellison \| Posted September 2007 Raymarine A60The 5.7-inch, dual-function A60 is only a minor model shift from 2006's 6.5-inch A65, but electronics designs can age well, particularly when software and value... Read Article	Raymarine ST70 By Ben Ellison \| Posted September 2007 Raymarine ST70I believe strongly that bright, well-designed color screens can communicate information much better than the grayscale ones that we are generally used to seeing on... Read Article
KVH TracPhone V7 By Ben Ellison \| Posted September 2007 KVH TracPhone V7Always-on offshore high-speed Internet just became possible on yachts well under mega size. KVH's new TracPhone V7 system claims solid broadband speeds previously... Read Article	Riding on Penobscot Pilot By Ben Ellison \| Posted August 2007 Huge freighters and tankers may frighten us small boaters, but they're also fascinating. I mean, how do you maneuver and dock a single-screw mountain of steel that's optimized for... Read Article
ACR Nauticast B AIS Transponder By Ben Ellison \| Posted August 2007 As you may recall from my March column, “Here Comes Class B,” I think yacht-level AIS transponders will be a valuable safety tool (even if there are a few glitches to overcome).... Read Article	Rendez-vous Tender Tracking By Ben Ellison \| Posted August 2007 Rendez-vous uses 100-watt digital radios to create a private network amongst a yacht and her tenders. The technology, proven in the railway industry, has a 20-mile range from the... Read Article
Tiki Navigator Pro By Ben Ellison \| Posted August 2007 Tiki Navigator is a particularly straightforward charting program with a clean, colorful interface. All sorts of help facilities, like those shown, are available but only show... Read Article	Magellan Crossover By Ben Ellison \| Posted August 2007 In some ways Magellan's Crossover fulfills the navigate-anywhere promise even better than the Lowrance iWay 600c reviewed here last month. Compact, tough, and battery-powered, it... Read Article
Franson GpsGate 2.5 By Ben Ellison \| Posted August 2007 GpsGate started as a simple utility that let GPS data coming into a PC or PDA serial port work with many programs simultaneously. The latest $30 version extends the concept to... Read Article	'Lectronics Lab By Ben Ellison \| Posted July 2007 Most people, including my wife, call it a "basement," but I prefer to think of the area beneath our Maine home as a multifunctional work area, and a nice hangout. The carpentry... Read Article
SeaTel Coastal 14 By \| Posted July 2007 Last year KVH shook up the world of marine satellite TV with its unusually small M3 (see my column "TV on a 25-Footer?" November 2006). Even some big boats liked the idea of... Read Article	Sea-King 9815-RJ By \| Posted July 2007 King Controls, though a major player in the RV market, is still a new guy on the block in the yachting world. Hence the aggressive $3,695 price tag on its 14-inch Sea-King... Read Article
KVH M2 By \| Posted July 2007 KVH has met the competition by rejiggering the original battle-beginning M3 into three models. Actually the M3st is the original—with a DirecTV receiver and IR/RF remote... Read Article	GlobalStar 1700 By \| Posted July 2007 The GlobalStar 1700 satellite phone ($999) is more than 40 percent smaller than previous models, plus it has a bright color screen and is purportedly a snap to use with a laptop,... Read Article
Lowrance iWay 600c By \| Posted July 2007 The iWay 600c is a navigate-anywhere portable plotter featuring a bright five-inch touchscreen and a 30-gigabyte hard drive nearly filled with cartography. That includes Lowrance'... Read Article	Paradox Marine Magellan Platinium By Ben Ellison \| Posted June 2007 The marine version of the Paradox Magellan wireless security and monitoring system is earning a good reputation with boaters and insurance writers. Now the original developer,... Read Article
Shakespeare CruiseNet By Ben Ellison \| Posted June 2007 Shakespeare’s new CruiseNet illustrates how far cellular data can be taken. This high-end box, which starts at $1,750, combines a compact server with a full-powered, industrial-... Read Article	Connected Cruising By Ben Ellison \| Posted June 2007 Picture a spring evening that's so clear and calm you've jumped out from Charleston, South Carolina, planning to chug through the night to Beaufort, North Carolina, and thus skip... Read Article

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