Tag: electronic navigation

Northport Systems Announces Fugawi Marine 5

| February 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
Northport Systems Announces Fugawi Marine 5

Northport Systems announced that its newest marine navigation software, Fugawi Marine 5, will be available at the end of March for new purchase and upgrade from Fugawi Marine ENC. According to the company, Fugawi Marine 5 takes advantage of the latest Windows technology, including a touch-screen control optimized for use with Win 7 and 8 [...]

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Nobeltec Releases Admiral and VNS 11.1 Service Pack

| July 27, 2011 | 0 Comments
Nobeltec Releases Admiral and VNS 11.1 Service Pack

Nobeltec said today it has released a free service pack update for users of the new (January 2011) version of Admiral and VNS.  The service pack offers integration with Furuno’s popular Digital Fish Finder (DFF1) Sounder, as well as a number of NMEA 2000 integration improvements.  While I don’t often simply reprint a press release, [...]

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Simrad Yachting Launches New Touch-Screen MF Displays

| March 29, 2011 | 0 Comments
Simrad Yachting Launches New Touch-Screen MF Displays

Simrad Yachting last week announced a new series of touch-screen multifunction displays — the NSS Sport Series.  Available in 7-inch, 8-inch, and 12-inch models, the NSS Sport units feature LED backlighting and allow the user to control the display with the touchscreen, keypad and/or the “Simrad Yachting-signature” rotary control knob. My friend Ben Ellison at [...]

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Fugawi Offers Avia Instrument Display Software

| January 21, 2011 | 0 Comments
Fugawi Offers Avia Instrument Display Software

Fugawi announced today the availability of its new Avia Motor and Avia Sail instrument software.  If you have NMEA 0183 or 2000 data streams, you can use this software to set up a nice monitor configuration that suits your preference.  The software will read 0183 data via a standard serial port input, or using an [...]

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New Website for C-Map by Jeppesen

| January 21, 2011 | 0 Comments
New Website for C-Map by Jeppesen

Jeppesen, a Boeing company, said today it has launched a revamped website for its light marine business.  The new look is clean and uncluttered and looks like it will be much easier to navigate.  I’m a big fan of “white space” on websites.  It allows your eye to quickly capture the most important information, and [...]

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Review: Fugawi Marine ENC Navigation Software

| June 8, 2010 | 3 Comments
Review: Fugawi Marine ENC Navigation Software

During a recent offshore delivery of a new Krogen 58′, I had the opportunity to check out Northport System Inc.’s Fugawi Marine ENC charting and navigation software. It loaded painlessly on a new Windows 7 laptop, ran flawlessly for 3 days nonstop, and had an easy learning curve. If you’re looking for something to run [...]

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Furuno Announces NavNet 3D Rebates And Freebates

| May 28, 2010 | 0 Comments
Furuno Announces NavNet 3D Rebates And Freebates

Buy a new Furuno NavNet 3D display, like the 8.4″, 12.1″, or Black Box Multi Function Display and get a $200 rebate. If you’re buying a NavNet 3D system, you can also get a free C-MAP by Jeppesen MapMedia chart, valued at $300.  The company is also offering rebates from $100 to $300 on a [...]

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Jeppesen Announces C-MAP Charts for Furuno NavNet 3D

| May 28, 2010 | 0 Comments
Jeppesen Announces C-MAP Charts for Furuno NavNet 3D

Jeppesen said today that selected C-MAP by Jeppesen MapMedia charts are available for the Furuno NavNet 3D chartplotters. The charts come pre-installed on U.S.-based, newly purchased NavNet 3D units and the company said older NavNet 3D plotters can be updated with a free software update to be compatible with the new charts. Jeppesen said boaters [...]

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VIDEO: Active Captain Integrates with MaxSea-Furuno

| February 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
VIDEO: Active Captain Integrates with MaxSea-Furuno

Jeff Siegal of ActiveCaptain recently notified users of the fabulous online cruising database that the information from ActiveCaptain will shortly be available inside MaxSea’s Time Zero charting software. The MaxSea folks were demonstrating a beta version of the software and Jeff did a short video of the demo, which is below. ▶ An impromptu demonstration [...]

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