Go on a POWER TRIP with the most powerful MFD series available.
Kymeta's flat-panel satellite antenna adds visual aesthetics and dependability.
Cutting edge electronics and state-of-the-art technical systems make many yachts as interesting as the destinations they frequent. Onboard pools and hot tubs are more than a place for two or three people to relax. The fun never stops, with toys by the dozen that were unimaginable even a decade ago. And luxury yacht charter is, quite simply, the best-kept secret in travel.
This 62-foot luxury submarine concept has an interior from the private jet industry.
The award-winning MyBoatShow app is free and super useful. Want to find your way easier around the docks at Bahia Mar, Las Olas Marina and Hall of Fame Marina? Go to your favorite app store to install. The boat is available for both iPhone and Android phones.
Touch has become a near-universal interface. Marine electronics companies are responding both by extending system monitoring and control to mobile devices such as iPads and by bringing touchscreen gestures to a yacht’s dedicated systems screens.
In this issue, find out more about a new chart package from Jeppesen to help you get where you're going, a phone from SPOT to keep you connected while you travel and a portable dock from Dock Blocks to give you extra space no matter where you decide to lay anchor.
Check out the latest news from NOAA, what's new onboard Sunreef Yachts and what American Technologies Network has been working on.
Lighthouses have been safe havens and points of architectural fascination for centuries, but now technology helps bring some far flung lighthouses to your mobile device.
Claudio Ballard, an inventor and CEO of VEEDIMS, believes this venture can change a lot about power distribution and management. It’s hard to argue with this polished and convincing advocate of a technology that is beautiful in its apparent simplicity.
Check out the new tech from Raymarine, ComNav, and FLIR as well as an app that might make maintaining your yacht a whole lot simpler.
For most exhibitors, the Miami International Boat Show offers a venue to showcase their most beautiful and fantastic new products to avid boat lovers from around the world. However, Dave Hall of Silicon Valley’s Velodyne Marine came with a different goal in mind.
Have yacht owners become too reliant on their boat’s sophisticated systems? Don Hyde, CEO of Vessel Vanguard, a company that offers a maintenance-reminder system, thinks so. At the same time, they have precious little choice.
Since Mother Nature can be treacherous and dangerous, even on the safest of vessels. We bring you a couple of new devices that may help keep guests and crew out of danger when the unexpected happens.
The Active Noise Canceling (ANC) system installed on the 197-foot (60-meter) CRN Darlings Danama (see Yachts International, September 2012) is part of a wider research project that started in 2008. In partnership with VideoWorks, Team Italia and Isel, and a number of regional research institutions, CRN developed this system to obliterate machinery noises.
At the Monaco Yacht Show, Palladium introduced its integrated glass bridge system dubbed SiMON GOLD, designed to put the ship’s monitoring at the captain’s fingertips. Extending Palladium’s work with Apple multi-touch devices, the intuitive system allows you to drag items from the menu bars to create personalized “View Ports.”
Palladium Technologies in Monaco introduced its new integrated Glass Bridge system SiMON GOLD. Aside from its sleek glass surface and rich graphics, the bridge’s touch screen puts ship monitoring at the captain’s fingertips. An extension of Palladium’s work with Apple multi-touch devices, the system is intuitive and user friendly.
After several years of development, US-based marine electronics manufacturer FarSounder has introduced its new generation of navigation sonars at the 2012 Monaco Yacht Show—the FarSounder-500 (able to detect target 500 meters away) and FarSounder-1000 (for targets 1000 meters away).
METS returns to Amsterdam November 13 to 15, a date that will mark the show’s 25th anniversary. The first edition of this trade-only show was held in 1988 with a little over 100 exhibitors. In 2011, the show attracted 1,331 exhibitors, organized in various international pavilions.
News and new releases from both up and coming companies and some of the biggest names in the marine industry. Bristol Yacht Components advances their Bristol Boarding Stairs, KVH introduces an upgrade to their current communications network, and Raymarine expands their HybridTouch e-series multifunction display.
Having the right gear or the most accurate information can mean the difference between life and death out at sea. Here are three different companies you may want to look into before you leave port.