Monthly Archive: January 2007

MS Vista, a marine PC train wreck? 8

MS Vista, a marine PC train wreck?

So this morning an acquaintance who sells and services laptops and peripherals to cruisers gives me a buzz. He’d rather not be identified (and don’t bother guessing, cause I know lots of guys like this),...

Jeppesen & C-Map, “the game changes”? 4

Jeppesen & C-Map, “the game changes”?

As noted earlier today, the deal went down. Above is the scene this morning at C-Map USA’s Mashpee, Massachusetts, office as Operations Manager Chris Cox and General Manager Ken Cirillo unveil their new sign. Similar events took place...

C-Map 2007 cards, super gigando MAX sizes 0

C-Map 2007 cards, super gigando MAX sizes

It’s a happy day for navigators when C-Map is running out of adjectives to describe how large an area is covered by its latest chart cards. The press release is not online yet (update), and C-Map’s...

ActiveCaptain.com, the POI bomb! 8

ActiveCaptain.com, the POI bomb!

My column about the sorry state of marine Points of Interest (POI) info is now out in the February issue of Power and Motoryacht (and now online). At the end of it I make note of a...

New England Wireless and Steam Museum, a must visit 0

New England Wireless and Steam Museum, a must visit

Monday I had the great pleasure of touring the New England Wireless and Steam Museum with two of its founders, Nancy and Bob Merriam. I got there by tagging along with Jim Fullilove, editor of...

More on POI access, Navionics weighs in 0

More on POI access, Navionics weighs in

Following my whining about the clumsy POI interfaces seen on many plotters and charting programs, Navionics sent up a powerful handheld they make (but would rather not advertise here, as it’s only available in Europe)....

LightShip, a good little sucker 0

LightShip, a good little sucker

The first LightShip I tested had rather stiff and ineffectual suction feet and kept falling off the south window I stuck it on so that its little solar panel would charge up its Ni-Cad battery (no doubt the...