Thetford’s new Porta Potty Curve: Fancy!

October 6, 2011

Could a porta-potty really be fancy? Well, you’ll have to judge for yourself. On with the press release! … Thetford Corporation, the company that introduced the original Porta Potti® in 1968, will preview the next generation of stylish and comfortable portable toilets at the International BoatBuilders Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) 2011.  From the brand new [...]

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At less than 12 feet, SCAMP boat offers big features in a tiny package

October 5, 2011

Deborah Bach has this story at Three Sheets Northwest: [The SCAMP's more unusual features include a water ballast tank and an offset centerboard. Photo by Debra Colvin] Imagine being able to take all of the features you like in a wide variety of boats and combine them to create your ideal boat. That’s what the [...]

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Morro Bay’s quirky power catamaran turns heads

September 27, 2011

Greetings from Morro Bay, California! Regular readers will remember that I’m helping deliver a 50-foot powerboat from Seattle to San Diego. Today we’re stuck in Morro Bay due to offshore weather conditions. But it ain’t a bad place to be stuck, by any means. There’s plenty to do in this delightful little town. Including watch [...]

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Simrad test-drive: Now I’m a believer

September 23, 2011

I got a chance to sea-trial some newer Simrad tech last month aboard Mad Max, a 36-foot center-console fishing boat sporting 10 (ten) times the horsepower I carry on Two Lucky Fish. Captain Max Dennemeyer (http://pacificcoastcharters.us) was helping Simrad host this event, demonstrating a variety of gear for journalists and dealers. You know…marketing! And in [...]

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Follow me on SPOT for the next 10 days or so – San Diego delivery underway

September 13, 2011

I’ve joined fellow maritime blogger Captain Richard Rodriguez for a delivery down the coast. Forgive me if this blog goes a little dormant for the next couple weeks! Here’s Richard’s post on the trip at his BitterEnd blog: Follow me on SPOT for the next 10 days or so – San Diego Delivery Begins Today [...]

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Sea-trial: Morad 162-MHz AIS antenna

September 6, 2011

I’m out cruising in the San Juan Islands with my dad; it’s an annual ritual of ours, a nice way to catch up and bond in an area where we share a lot of fond memories. It’s also a chance to test the brand new antenna I’ve just installed and connected to my Vesper Marine [...]

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Amateur video captures high-speed killer whales

August 31, 2011

[We’ve had some local excitement around here with our resident orcas coming a bit further south than usual, and with salmon fishing going strong, it means lots of folks are out on the water. With cameras. This is a piece I just posted over at sister blog PugetSoundMaritime, and figured my Navagear readers might appreciate [...]

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A new Rocna Fisherman anchor, and a new marketing strategy

August 30, 2011

[We’ve written about Rocna anchors before; quite a bit, in fact. Heck, I carry one on the bow of Two Lucky Fish. So nobody can accuse me of being “anti-Rocna”, although I have been quite critical of the questionable guerilla marketing tactics they employed a few years ago. So it is with genuine relief that [...]

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AIS on the smart phone: Great, but understand the limitations!

August 29, 2011

The crew of s/v Eolian recently had an exciting experience in the fog here in Puget Sound. Reminds me of my experience a few weeks back. Just as we did aboard Two Lucky Fish, Eolian made use of AIS data available over the internet on a smart phone. Read on… A while back, we were [...]

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The Case for Mandatory Recreational Boating Education

August 29, 2011

This story was posted at USCG Prevention Blog: Excerpt from U.S. Coast Guard Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council magazine by Mr. Fred W. Poppe, Vice President, of National Boating Federation. A recent Coast Guard study indicates that fewer boating fatalities occur in states that have implemented requirements for boat operators to be [...]

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