planning

Take the following considerations to heart during your next refit to save time, money and your sanity.

If you have a Raymarine a, c, e, eS or gS Series MFD, you recently got an astonishing array of free new features thanks to the just announced and available LightHouse Release 17 software update.

Fitness Afloat

When our trawler breaks I think nothing of rebuilding her, no matter the damage. It is second nature to fix whatever ails Largo. Be the steward to your body that you are to your boat.

Great Lakes boater Tim Wenham (inset) uses C-MAP software (above) to chart his course in advance, using a waypoint just outside his marina as a jumping-off point for every cruise.

channels

There are two categories of boaters: those who plan, and those who don’t. Electronic voyage-planning software can mean fuel savings, safer cruising, and more fun—so why don’t you use it?

Electronics