Vesper Watchmate XB-8000 smartAIS
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a shipboard broadcast system that acts like a transponder, operating in the VHF maritime band. AIS has been around since the 1990s when GPS for civilian purposes reached global coverage. In 2002 the International Maritime Organization mandated that passenger ships and commercial vessels should carry AIS transceivers. In a […]
New Sailing Instruments
We considered a few different brands of sailing instruments. So why did we pick Raymarine? It’s a pretty popular brand in the sailing industry, and they have a pretty good reputation. Ultimately, it was because we already had a Raymarine radar. Our boat came with a pretty old Standard Horizon speed log and wind gauge. […]
Sextant is Not a Dirty Word
In today’s world of electronic gadgets and do-dads, I think very few, if any, people rely on the sextant for navigation. If there are any hardcore, back-to-basics, navigators out there that truly do use the sextant, good on ya.