Electronics

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Unless you plan to sail by the stars and leave you iPad home, then you need to learn about marine electronics and all the components to help you sail safely and stay on course.

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News & Reviews

• Digital Yacht - Boat electronics news site
• Marine Electronics and Electrical Systems Reviews
  

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Nautical Apps

• Nautical reference at your fingertips Apps for iPhone, iPad & Android 
• Best Apps for Sailing and Boating
• 15 Apps for Navigating with your Apple or Android Device
• iOS Sailing Apps
• iPad navigation apps tested

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Articles

• ​The Most Open Solution (Signal K)
• Signal K and the sailboat
• Marine GPS iPhone Apps vs. Handhelds
•  How to keep your connection to the internet on board, so you can remain online offshore
• OpenCPN Chart Plotter Navigation
  
•  What is OpenCPN? FAQs
• Yacht Electronics
• The global cruiser's tool kit
• Safe Skipper - Develop and publish mobile apps for recreational and commercial boaters worldwide.
• iPad Sailors - How we navigate
• iPad navigation apps tested
• Integrating a PC into your boat’s navigation system
• Iridium GO! with PredictWind for weather and more
• Cutting Edge Electronics
• A Guide to Marine Radio - icon
• Top ways to use your tablet or iPad on board your boat 
• How to keep your connection to the internet on board, so you can remain online offshore
• Getting Internet on a  Boat - The Cruisers WiFi Dilemna
• Forward-looking sonar: 5 units tested
  
• The U.S. Coast Guard mobile app
  
• Navigatrix 0.5 - A Voyager's Companion
  

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Videos

• Ship's Computer, how much tech does a sailing yacht need?
• How to protect your yacht from Lightening Strikes!

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Marine Electronics Manufacturers

• B&G Electronics - Instruments, autopilots, radar, chartplotters  
• Bitstorm - Bad boy high power WiFi 
• Inmarsat - satellite voice and data services
• Furuno - Marine electronic equipment
• Garmin - Marine electronic equipment
• Magnum-Dimensions - Inverter chargers
• Lowrance - Marine electronic equipment
• Phasor Solutions - Maritime broadband solutions
• Panbo - Marine electronics hub
• Raymarine - Marine electronic equipment
• Simrad - Marine electronic equipment
• Digital Yacht - Navigation, communication and entertainment systems

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On-line Electronics Stores

• Yacht Bits 

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Engine Data Converters (analog to digital)

• Actisense - Engine to NMEA200 converter
• Alba Combini - Engine (analog) to NMEA2000 (digital) signal converter
• NoLand Engineering - Marine data solutions

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