Ben at Panbo has this item about yet another innovative product from Digital Yacht. This outfit continues to impress me with its thoughtful product offerings.

The picture tells a lot: Digital Yacht’s new AIS200N2K is the first AIS receiver I know of with NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000, and USB outputs. But get this: it can also [...]

This looks handy. On my boat, the available spaces are so unique that I’d probably build my own custom pockets to fit just right. But on a lot of boats, something like this might work fine, look good, and not require the four hours I would have to spend building it!

Creating additional storage space aboard [...]

Editor’s note: The following story is part of an occasional series featuring marinas participating in the Passport to Puget Sound program. Launched earlier this year, the program is aimed at encouraging visitors to visit marinas around the region, allowing them to collect prizes if they fill their “passport” with enough stamps. We’ll try to visit all 15 [...]

Wearing a brimmed hat, dark sunglasses and a long beard, the man sits in a rocking chair, eyeing two visitors as they approach. “There’s a rising fee,” he growls. Uh, pardon? “I charge a rising fee if I have to get up,” he says, then cracks a broad smile. “What can I get for you?” [...]

For those who hew to the old ways, Storm Weather Shanty Choir, who play two shows in Ballard this week, provides all the melody, lyrics and traditional instruments you’d expect, including mandolin, guitars, banjo and concertina. It’s their attitude and approach to live shows that really set them apart. These guys sing with a raw energy and enthusiasm that makes the remembered world of wooden ships, hemp ropes and canvas sails once again relevent.

The magnetic compass has been with us on the water for a thousand years or so. Recently, though, it has often been overshadowed by the near magic of GPS. For the serious sailor, however, it is the most basic and the most essential navigation instrument. When all else fails—the engine, the electrical system or the GPS itself—the compass [...]

Watching the change in barometric pressure is a time-honored way to predict the weather. Yet barometers don’t make that easy to do. Barographs, which chart those changes, are obviously far more useful. But traditionally they have been large, delicate mechanical devices unsuitable for anything except ships. The Weems & Plath Electronic Barometer 4002 is a [...]