Hands on with the Garmin GPSMAP 547xs
The Garmin GPSMAP 547xs
Garmin GPSMAP 547xs review
June 28, 2013 By 8 Comments
Garmin quatix marine watch unveiled
January 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The newly announced Garmin quatix marine watch
Garmin has a history of using existing hardware platforms for multiple market segments, as seen in the Approach golf series use of the Dakota, Oregon and Edge hardware. They now appear to have taken the fenix backcountry sportswatch platform and repurposed it as a marine watch – the Garmin quatix, announced this morning. read more
Magellan eXplorist 510 Marine Edition announced
July 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Looks like Magellan is trying to carve out a new niche with boaters. Following Monday’s announcement of two Angler editions of the eXplorist line, they’ve now announced the Magellan eXplorist 510 Marine Edition, which includes U.S. coastal coverage up to two miles offshore, with data on 5-foot contours, tides, currents, wrecks, port plans, marsh areas, and marine services. And just in case you spend time both offshore and on inland waters, 12,000 US lakes are charted for you too.
Navionics Marine & Lakes for iOS review
July 9, 2012 By 6 Comments
Hands on review of Navionics Marine & Lakes: US & Canada HD
The Navionics Marine Charting app is targeted for recreational boaters. This app allows viewing the proprietary Navionics Nautical Vector Charts on your favorite iOS device. Users can create routes and record tracks, which can be shared with friends using Facebook, Twitter, and email. The routes can also can be uploaded to certain fixed mount chart plotters that might be found on a boat. The Navionics app will function as a chart plotter displaying your position on the chart with the enabled route making it somewhat practical to use as a chart plotter while underway. read more
