Tagged: Equipment

Actisense NDC-4 data multiplexer

What it does: By modern standards NMEA0183 is a primitive data protocol. It allows one instrument (the “talker”) to provide data to one or more...

Standard Horizon GX2100 VHF

Choice of equipment – Radio: I already owned an ICOM handheld DSC radio for use when dinghy sailing and I was tempted to use that by...

Torqeedo 1003 electric outboard

Choice of equipment: An electric outboard was preferred because compared to a petrol outboard they are: quiet, light and small (easy to transfer to the...

Tohatsu 6hp 4-stroke outboard

Note: Having decided that the Torqeedo 1003 electric outboard was limiting my use of Seatern, I bought the Tohatsu in May 2014, when this page...

Raymarine ST1000 Tiller Pilot

Choice of equipment: The choice was between the Simrad TP10 and the Raymarine ST1000+; both were reviewed in Practical Boat Owner in April 2012 with...

Johnson Ballast Pump

Choice of equipment: At the Southampton Boat Show (2014) I told Matt that the worst thing about Seatern was the Whale Gulper 220 ballast pump!...

Lewmar self tailing winch

Choice of equipment and installation: The Lewmar 14ST Chrome self tailing winch was recommended by Matt as part of the system for raising and lowering...

Anchors

Choice of equipment: I initially bought a Fortress FX7 since that was what was listed as an optional extra for the BC20 (although I didn’t...

Digital Yacht AIS Transponder

Choice of equipment: Initially I was going to rely on the Standard Horizon VHF radio to act as an AIS receiver with the information plotted...