Your Chartplotter Died. Now What?
A failed chartplotter doesn’t necessarily mean replacing your radar, autopilot, instruments and transducers. Before starting an expensive electronics refit, find out what you can keep.
Real Boats Are Messy. Their Technology Shouldn’t Have to Be.
I had an interesting conversation this week that made me realize how differently people interpret the words “open architecture.”
Marine Electronics Have a Strange Definition of Obsolete
Sometimes equipment becomes obsolete because it stops working.
Sometimes it becomes obsolete because something significantly better replaces it.
And sometimes perfectly good equipment becomes “obsolete” simply because the newer equipment around it can no longer talk to it.