Gear
Fresh products from the state of Maine
- By Alyssa Haak
- PostedMay 2012
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AquaLens Underwater Viewing System
- By Capt. Bill Pike
- PostedApril 2012
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If a remote-controlled submarine’s too pricey for your budget, try a submersible on a stick.
For weeks, I’d been anticipating the arrival of an AquaLens (an underwater viewing system that mounts on an extendable boathook) from the folks at Aquabotix. While I have no trouble checking on the health of the transom zincs on my boat by simply lying prone on her swim platform and reaching underwater, checking the condition of the deeper, way-less-accessible propshaft zinc (as well as the prop itself) in wintertime North Florida is a chilly, virtually impossible task, unless you happen to own a wet suit and a scuba rig. So was a remote, waterproof video camera—a sort of miniature submarine on a stick—gonna be cool or what?
Read ArticleBoat-Cleaning Cloths
- By Alyssa Haak
- PostedApril 2012
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Jetstream Video Streaming
- By Alyssa Haak
- PostedFebruary 2012
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Watch, pause, and restart live TV no matter whether you’re on land, in the sky, or at sea.
Jetstream, a television service that promises access to international satellite services from any laptop or the company’s proprietary receiver boxes that have Internet access.
Read ArticleMegayacht Elevators
- By Alyssa Haak
- PostedFebruary 2012
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