Active sailors enjoy the added element of sailing at night. If your lamps are letting you down, then these low energy solutions are what you need.

They allow you to concerntrate on the job in hand rather than gropping for your next hand or foot hold. Read the full post now

evenly spaced, overlapping from bow to stern, LED deck lights are highly dependable for these reasons:

• No trip hazard

• Lasts thousands of hours

• 90% less energy used compared to regular bulbs

• Waterproof

• Great Illumination

If your sick of stumbling over the coach roof reading this article is a safe bright step!

• Lower the output on your batteries

• Reduce the risk of power surges

• Improved interior brightness

• Never change a bulb again

• Choice of color

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Unobtrusive and gives plenty of low energy light

Easy to install

They are quick and easy to install. You will find time for other sailboat maintenance, rather than tracking down faulty wiring!

Savings available

The moment you make the switch and then flick it you save

• Money

• Time

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Working with the elements, rather than against them is preferable. Providing a smoother trip. At the core of planning your weekend or longer passages, must be an accurate forecast.

Read more about taking advantage of the elements

Storms are best prepared for

Are you more wind against tide, or wind with tide?

Given choice, its clear, planning boating with conditions in your favor is great preparation. Naturally if your racing around buoys then you will want to take advantage of wind shifts, currents and tides. They all affect decisions on sail choice when rounding a mark.

Continue to the main post which informs readers about specific weather systems and the different requirements sailors have from their marine forecast. Plus which system to choose.

• Did you know that the global positioning system that boaters and car owners take for granted is coming to the end of its serviceable life?

• Did you also know there are three hundred thousand pieces of space rubbish and growing, orbiting the planet?

Using a sextant to find your position

So what?

Taking the statements, let’s answer that question:

• When the US military launched the GPS network around twenty years ago, they did not have the ability to upgrade their satellites to keep up with the demands of modern times.  The older models will soon be on the shelf – becoming space rubbish -  Read the full article now

• Collisions between objects in space happen. The result is thousands of fragments being generated, they travel extremely quickly in all directions – towards GPS satellites for example.

If your out one day, on board, there is a chance that your chartplotter will not be able to give you the correct position! Scaremongering? Possibly, but developing your nautical astronomy skills will by pass the problem – Read the full article now over at Boatpride

The features that have been suggested over time can be read about in more detail on our sister site.

Innovative sailor led benefits

To give you a taste

of what is to come, consider your next set of binoculars having:

• Fog free lenses

• Optimal focus adjustment

• Variable field of view

• Drawing more light to enhance your view

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As they say:

“The only thing that’s missing is the buttons”

The very high resolution screen, is viewable in all light conditions and over a wide range of angles. Brings you finger tip control over the very best that modern nautical navigational technology has to offer.

Through the Garmin marine network you can add:

• Sonar

• Radar

• Weather

As you can see very clear screen and no buttons!

Now for the extras!

By choosing:

The Bluechart G2 Vision Chart – you will have the ability to view graphics and video in even more detail!

The SD Card Slot – Extends your coverage area. The basemap can be extended by using geographical cards. So if your planning a trip, be sure you’ve got the range covered!Visit main article – remember to watch the product video!

The concept of multifunction navigation, brings together all aspects of navigation on one console. The best news is that once you are familiar with the primary functionality, you can upgrade, by adding more applications to your console!

Primary

• Chartplotter

• Fishfinder

• Radar

The unit itself can be mounted by the helm, or at a center console point. You have the choice between a raised finish or flushed trim – whichever you prefer!

Here are four highly visible data streams

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Instead of three separate screens, you can just tab through or even split the screen to monitor all data streams at once! The screen is viewable in all light conditions, plus cover is part of the package, to protect against excessive weather damage, when not in use.

Let’s not forget: You can see the screen at a wide variety of angles, so being across the cabin is no problem!

Upgrades!

Once you’ve mastered the primary package, you can enhance the functionality easily.  Simply choose from this list:

• GPS sensor

• HD digital sounder module

• SIRIUS satellite radio

• Marine Weather forecast

You can tailor the functions to suit your requirements!

But that’s not all!

Seatalk is included as part of the offer. Through Seatalk cables, you can extended the range of instruments on the console – even autopilot!

You may have other brands that you would like to use as part of your network? The industry works together to support each others developments. Your boating is enhanced as a result! NMEA in/out cables provide this capability.

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You can also see what I wrote about preventative maintenance if you like

http://www.boatpride.com/sailboat-hardware.html

This one is really encouraging, from the LA Boat Show.

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Of course it is! But the question is what is the best course of action with the time available. It’s such a nuisance having a day job. Soon the empty canvas of the week days will return. Not a moment too soon!

So What Has Been Going On?

Here is a checklist of achievements:

• The Monthly  Boatpride Newsletter. Started In January, the newsletter keeps subscribers up to date over a range of relevant topics.  Topics include what is recent on the site, news from the world of sailing events – Vendee Challenge for example. A quote from the month, called ‘a quote to sail by’. Products receiving acclaim from Amazon or Ebay. The newsletter will become a bigger project when I have days rather than hours in the week to manage.

• Ten pages are now featuring products from Ebay. An exciting step towards offering the most competitive market place on line on the site. I have brought a product called Build A Niche Store. Again it is on the list!

That not seem like a lot, but believe me it is!

Where Is It All Going?

The direction of the site is to focus visitors on returning frequently to take advantage of the information, products and services collected. But more than that, in due course the design will change. Which reminds me check out the new header – it’s popular.

What Else Is Going On?

There will be some niche twittering to drum up keen sailors and boat users. There are a number of affiliate sites I am contacting to find the best possible products for visitors. The customer service must be flawless.

Currently Reading

Practical Boat Owner Magazine – March edition. Well devouring it is closer to the mark!

Tribes – By Seth Godin. Marketing in the on line age. How to develop a water tight following.

The word of mouth was in full effect! But wait a minute! Who’se Seth? Who’se Chris?

Let Me Explain……….

Seth is a remarkable man. He’s really got his fingers on the pulse on market inter net. He’s written a bunch of books and is a successful guy. Let me give you the extent of his influence, right now! The theories he wrote about in his books were read by Barack Obama’s staff before the new president was elected!

But it doesn’t stop there! No! They actually implemented his strategies too! So in a way Seth helped get Obama in office. Or as he said yesterday at the session ” if the Republicans had won, I’d have had to leave the country!”

So he is quite a guy. He’s also nice! Yes I was given a copy of his recent book “Tribes” and he signed it, then I shook his hand.

Seth Godin

But Who Am I?

I’m Chris who writes Boatpride . I quit my advertising sales job in September 2007 and haven’t looked back! I’m based in the UK and have a passion like yours! I love sailing. It drives me to learn about how get the message out in the best way possible. Not to the biggest audience, but to people whose passion is equal to mine.

You see in order to get the message out, I thought it a good idea to use the same logic and strategies as the US President.  However he has a large staff, but there is only one of me! So I went along to the session and listened intently for four hours almost solidly.

I came away better for it. Inspired, with a long reading list! Self improvement is the way forward. In my next post I will set a strategy to improve the site and gather momentum more quickly!