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THE MARINE INSTALLER'S RANT A BLOG AB'OUT THE THINGS BOAT BUILDERS DO THAT COST YOU MONEY, AND
OTHER ECLECTIC NEWSY MUSINGS OF INTEREST TO BOATERS
FOR FIVE ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO READ THE MARINE INSTALLERS RANT FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW
• The Marine Installers Rant Views
TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 19 , 2013
Miami boat show 2013 roundup The numbers aren't in yet for the Miami boat show, but by
looking at the crowds on Friday, and the struggle it took to
park, I think it is going to be a well attended show. My day
was marred by rain especially in the afternoon which
stopped me from visiting the "In the Water" venues. As I
expected, new marine electronic product introductions have
taken a big leap. My favorite was the new Raymarine
Dragonfly sonar, a take on the Navico "Structure Scan", but
using CHIRP technology with the brand name Down Vision.
SEARCH TH E MARINE INS T ALL ERS RANT
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SUBSCRIBE TO THE MARINE INSTALLERS RANT
Subscribe in a reader
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2/2711 3 7:06AM
With a price of about $700 I was extremely impressed.
This just fortifies my sense that we have justbarely scratched the surface of sonar CHIRP technology. Justimagine this technology looking forward for obstacles, andbeing able to show you a safe path through shallow waters, orwarning "Danger your boat can't go there!" Just musing outloud.
The demo units were using real sonar data, and the highresolution bottom and fish images were spectacular, and ofalmost photographic quality.
These units use a Raymarine in house developed transducer.I suspect that over time will Raymarine will amp up thewattage, for use in larger future units. The Dragonfly can doDownVision imaging down to around 250 ft, and regular50/200 CHIRP fish finding down to 600', all at speeds up to20kts. I'm thinking about going treasure hunting with thissystem.
This was also my first look hands on look at the GarminQuatrix watch. It streams N2K data, runs your auto pilot,gives you the tides, is a MOB device, and it also tells the time.Look out Dick Tracy, your watch is now passé. Check in withBen Ellison at Panbo site for a lot more details on all of thesenew products and more.
E L E C T R O N I C S .
Panbo
P R A C T I C A L S A I L O R I S T H ED E F I N I T I V E S O U R C E F O R I N F O O NS A I L B O A T S O F A L L S I Z E S , A N DT H E I R G E A R .
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B U I L D I N G A B O A T , O R T H I N K I N GO F I T , C R A F T A C R A F T I S F O RY O U .
Craft a Craft
B U I L D I N G A W E S T S A I L 4 2S A I L B O A T F R O M A B A R E H U L L .
Westsail 42
O N B O A R D W I T H M A R K C O R K E ,B O A T I N G D Y I P R O J E C T S A N DM O R E .
Mark Corke Boating DYI
A R E A L C A P T A I N , A R E A L S H I P , AR E A L M A R I T I M E O U T L O O K
The Kennebec Captain
T H E E C L E C T I C M U L L I N G S O F R H Y S ,A N D H I S A D V E N T U R E S W I T H " S / VA L C H E M Y . " W H Y I S T H E R U MA L W A Y S G O N E ? "
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As I mentioned the rain, at least for me mucked up myFriday. I had been invited to go for a ride on the VelodyneMarine experimental vessel the Martini 1.5, but the steadydown pour quashed my hopes. I'm intrigued with the activesuspension system technology that keeps the deck stableregardless of the sea conditions. No pitch or roll on this deck.Drat it, I really wanted to go for a ride, and explore thisunique technology. I will try to find another opportunitysoon.
B O A T I N G I N F O , L I N K S , A N D AL I T T L E F U N
BitterEnd Blog
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Boaters Resource Center
R E S O U R C E S F O R T H E W A Y O F FS H O R E S A I L O R
Ocean Navigator
F R O M T H E T R A N S O M , T O T H E B O W ,N A V G E A R T E L L S Y O U W H A T ' S N E WF O R Y O U R B O A T .
Navgear
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Tools, the online novel in themaking
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I have been watching therapid morphing of thekayak into fishingmachines. Rod holders,bait wells, mirage pedaldrives, electric drives, andnow even outboard motorsare possible.
The same can be said forthe paddle boards. Here isa version on steroids, theoutboard powered Xfish.Described as a micro skiff,it can be loaded withfishing options includinghip driven hands freesteering.
What I like best about boat shows is visiting their tenderloin.I could tell there is a huge public interest in paddle boards bythe large crowds at the Tower paddle board booth. It wasgood to see so many older men really excited about gettingout on the water with a paddle board.
T E C H N I C A L I N F O R M A T I O N F O RB O A T O W N E R S A N D B U I L D E R S .
The New Boatbuilders Page
R A N D O M T H O U G H T S A N D R A N T S O NB O A T D E S I G N , B O A T B U I L D I N G ,A N D O T H E R B O A T B I T S F O R T H O S EI N T H E 9 9 % . .
Boat Bits
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Fisherman'sParadise, anamazing five starfloating resort.
On a gorgeousWednesday morning, I jumponto a work boat loaded withboxes, contractors, and tools.The boat heads out of t...
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Bob and Carol, andTed and Alice buy aboat. A short Goofusand Gallant story,with apologies to
Highlights magazine
Sometimes I just start a story,without knowing exactly whereit is going to take me. More oftenthan not, they end up in m...
Getting inky
A young mother holds a
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German glue? I know the Germans make great automobiles,and beer, but glue? I must have missed something. Is this anational thing? Does every country have a national glue?What's our national glue, the slow drying Elmer's whitegooey stuff? I also couldn't figure out what these two guyswhere doing, and frankly I was afraid to ask. You don't haveto know everything.
Don't let the Grabit sign fool you, This booth was the 7-11 ofthe boat show selling everything. Shammys, cozies, seasickness meds, glues, and even wire strippers. He was
newborn in a RAFhospital late at nightin England.She remembers howvivid
and spectacular the stars werethat ni...
Grey Goose, a 50'NordhavnPilothousemakeover
For starters, I lovethis boat. It's a stunningNordhavn 50' pilot housetrawler, and it's substantiallybuilt to say the ve...
Seafair Grand Luxe
Last week I had myhead stuck under aconsole for about acouple of hours, and
when I climbed out fromunderneath, and looked around.My kee...
Installing theGarmin GSD 24sounder module
This is the firstopportunity I have
had to see or install the shinynew GSD 24 Garmin soundermodule. This model is replacingthe venerab...
Mothra vs theInstaller, the BFTV
I clamber onto theboat, and nearly tripover a large box
containing a new TV. Alright,this must be the newreplacement for the cockpit,
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endlessly screwing in screws and removing them. I thoughtof Jack Nicholson in the movie typing over and over "Allwork, and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
And lastly from the "things I didn't know I neededdepartment" is the "Utimate Electric Fish Scaler", or moreappropriately a fish de-scaler. It claims to remove the scalesfrom a fish in 8 seconds. It seemed to be a well though out,and made gadget. I'm old fashioned though so I'm stayingwith the hot wax and cloth strips to remove the scales.
an...
Miss Geico offshoreracing boat catchesfire
The 6000 hpturbine powered 50'
Miss Geico caught fire Saturdayafternoon during test runs off ofLido Key in Sarasota Flin preparati...
Xcelerator 36 atFLIBS
I almost walked onby, but something inthe scene caught my
eye. This was different, anddifferent was worth looking at.The salesmen wer...
S T R I P M O L D I N G 1 0 1 F R O MB O A T B U I L D E R M A G A Z I N E
Strip Molding 101
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There were a lot of boats there too, all out gassing styreneand pleather fumes. I can also report most of them weresome sort of a shade of white. I will be seeingthe corroding cramped unfinished interiors of them as soonas they hit the water.
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John Blewster February 20, 2013 at 8:34 AM
The Martini 1.5 brought back a memory: Thedestroyer on which I served back in the '60s had a gunaiming system (Mk 58?) installed. The topsidemounted director was stabilized in roll - the wholedirector. The operators that had to ride in it said thechange from the constant roll of the ship to a weird,level back-&-forth (think of a high perch in the riggingof a windjammer) resulted in instant seasickness!
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idea at the time.
It's Just Ducky it's a LARC V
It's golden
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It's one thing after another,it's a boat.
It's the most wonderful, anddangerous time of the year
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