Potential LED Interference With VHF, DSC, and AIS Communications (Video)
August 21, 2018
The USCG issues a Marine Safety Alert on this potential issue after numerous reports of degraded radio communication
The USCG issues a Marine Safety Alert on this potential issue after numerous reports of degraded radio communication
A video from a few years ago is making the rounds. Watch it here.
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Two Navy destroyers; two tragic collisions. Capt. Bill Pike investigates what went wrong in the Pacific.
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Lessons from attending a seminar with Terry Sparks author of Radar Made Simple for Cruisers
Outer Reef announces the 540, its second Adventure series model
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A short film on the Western Flyer
The Omikron OT-60 is an elegant, Mediterranean island-hopper, and surprisingly more.
Smart, removable chocks for safer, clutter-free tender stowage.
The steel Doggersbank 67 Heritage recently launched at Altena shipyard in the Netherlands.
Abandoning ship should be a last resort, not a way to handle predictable challenges.
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