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Since the 24th of June, 2006 we have aggregated 249 stories from the Panbo website.
Battle of the 14" TV dishes, ongoing
Posted 11 months, 17 days ago | Direct Link »
Amerigo mobile nav, open source
Posted 11 months, 20 days ago | Direct Link »
Maretron's N2K Analyzer, a shy beauty
Posted 11 months, 21 days ago | Direct Link »
Cockpit MAC, w/ touchpad
Posted 11 months, 22 days ago | Direct Link »
"Touchscreen", mind the meanings!
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
HP TouchSmart, a good pilothouse PC?
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
Navionics 2008, cruising with Giuseppe
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
Sprint cell coverage map, damn lies!
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
Globalstar, new satellites & a "gap report"
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
Globalstar vs Iridium, no winner
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
AnyTrack? Not around here!
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
Magellan Crossover, a so-so AIO PND so far
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
Tacktick Micronet, part 2
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
Raymarine ST70, looks hot!
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
Furuno NavNet 3D, a teaser
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
Tacktick Micronet, part 1
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
"Lost Claws", a homie
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
Distributed power, no bus, no code
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
Freestyle MP3 player, really waterproof
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
Seetrac Solo, more tender tracking
Posted 11 months, 23 days ago | Direct Link »
SharpEye radar...look, Ma, no magnetron!
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Head's up, a nav contest
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Speaking of AIS, the Raymarine Podcast
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Class B AIS, ruminations
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
ACR Nauticast B, a new Class B playa
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
WaveRV WiFi revisited, 400mw redefined?
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Garmin 5xxx, more thoughts
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
"Lit Up" lights off, no further problems
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
XML feed, email subscription too!
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Logitech Harmony, play stump the remote
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Ray218, first impressions
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Multihull madness #2, the Stealth 540 delivers
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
NDI, bye bye?
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
AIS Miami, good times
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
XM + Sirius, just when the live weather war heats up
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Ray218, first impressions
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Multihull madness #2, the Stealth 540 delivers
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
NDI, bye bye?
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
AIS Miami, good times
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
XM + Sirius, just when the live weather war heats up
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
WiFi, an interesting hybrid and a damn rip-off
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Boat Show Craziness, and a wee dram of brag
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Navico buys BNTME, hello Simrancestarman!
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Garmin 5000 series for real, and here comes Faria
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
NavAid2, geeks on guitars
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Multihull madness #1, Earthrace
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Globalstar's problem, how bad?
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Bon Pigall, heck of a research vessel
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
AIS news, Class B and more
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Yet more LifeTag, battery issue resolved?
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
The raster flow begins, a CE first?
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
More AIS...bad data, bad plot?
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Flash: forum on Ft. Lauderdale show
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Class B AIS, part 2
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Class B AIS, the devil's in the details, part 1
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
The 1,000 day electronics test, a guest blog
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Furuno FLS, a category stimulated
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Wilma & Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Raymarine A65 & Navionics Silver, strategies
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Free the weather, my ass!
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
Vista revisited, and check the cool Globalstar
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago | Direct Link »
AIS simulation, a couple of ways
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
MS Vista, a marine PC train wreck?
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
Jeppesen & C-Map, "the game changes"?
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
C-Map 2007 cards, super gigando MAX sizes
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
More marine POI review sites, will one dominate?
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
ActiveCaptain.com, the POI bomb!
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
New England Wireless and Steam Museum, a must visit
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
More on POI access, Navionics weighs in
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
Captn. Jack's Maptech/Garmin bundle, a winner
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
Atomic watch, and industry chatter
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
LightShip, a good little sucker
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
More thoughts on LifeTag, a battery issue for some
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
ACR ResQFix PLB...smaller, cheaper, better!
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
Lowrance iWay 600c, a slick combo?
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
Iris PC radar, a new face
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
Raymarine & Remote Knowledge, very interesting!
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
DeLorme Blue Logger, my bad
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
Raymarine LifeTag, Part 2
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
USCG Loran shut down comments, worth making
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
Raymarine LifeTag MOB system, well done!
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
Worthy Seaworthy magazine, EAC identified
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
Velocitek S10, for speed freaks
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
GPS to GE, best way?
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
Simrad sensor toss, the other Simrad
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
Piratecom, do-it-all headsets
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
AIS duplex vs multiplex, EasyAIS gets it right
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago | Direct Link »
What's the best on-deck, hands-free headset rig?
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Touch-screen Garmin 5000 Series? I'll be...
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
A New Year's Good Wish, from Maine
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
"Best of" lists, what are your favs?
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Almost 2007, still time to catch the Cluetrain
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Here comes 2007, ENCs + GE = EarthNC
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Merry Christmas, and a heavy weather how-to
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Northstar/Navman AIS plotting, lookin good
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Another AIS Class B glitch, & a parser in a pear tree
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Esense, the ooo-la-la Wally 143
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
RTFM, another side of the acronym
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
FCC drops Morse Code test, Ham on your HF easier
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Weekend weirdness, tis the season
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Mind your March tide table, new DST and T&C
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Argonaut's bargain marine monitor, pretty good so far
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Replay replayed, Panbo got video
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Your friendly neighborhood DSC watch, smart!
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
VHF replay, more than just a good idea
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Jeppesen ECS, AIS to the max
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Comment comment
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Weekend weirdness, USCG fleet failure
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Foolproof fuel fill, NMEA 2000 or not
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
One-channel-at-a-time receivers, another Class B problem?
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Getting ready for Class B, does your AIS plotter do DR?
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Less expensive XM Weather, Navionics Gold+ too
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Northstar discovers cousins, lots of them!
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago | Direct Link »
Weekend weirdness, New Orleans edition
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
NavSim, new products for sailors and pros
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Freezer Safe, minding the box
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Tiki Navigator, worth a look see
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
A new Nexus, and new systems
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Zenarc 10" touch screen monitor, in the field
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Big trouble in the Southern Ocean, but the electronics work
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Pentax Optio W20, another waterproof digital camera
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
KVH M3 earns award, and competitor
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Optea XLMulti, a boat projector?
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
State of Panbo, Mea Culpa edition
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
AIS B, shipping in Europe
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
METS, so much more
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
More NK2 happiness, and a little more nonsense
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Garmin 4000 first impression: hot damn!
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Garmin 2007, feast of features, including NMEA 2000
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Hanging with Van Gogh, a Panbo stretch
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
If Garmin's like Apple, will the next Capt. Cook be a geocacher?
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
POIs, what do you think?
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Maretron & Carling, more NK2 happiness, mostly
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Jeff cruises south, cell yay, WiFi nay
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Subscriptions for Soldiers, a good thing
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Argonaut 15" monitor under $1,000, and other good new$
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
Boat guy turns 60, (the new 50, right?)
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago | Direct Link »
PowerSign from Paneltronics, a winner but?
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
Stealth 540, psyched over a blank helm
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
TR-1 Gladiator, getting its due
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
Raymarine G's, seriously hunky monitors
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
Search/thermal combo, makes some sense
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
SiMON trackball alarm system, how cool is this?
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
FLIR at FLIBS, and thank you BMW
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
Simrad GB60, more than meets the eye
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
The GPS universe in a box, a visit to ACR
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
SevenStar Class B AIS transponder, a new face
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
NK2 at NMEA, happy stuff
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
Simrad doesn't do NMEA 2000, NOT!
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
Who's driving that big rig? (#3, ouch!)
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
Farewell to Cape Town, GE style
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
The SA 7,000 mile test sail, and TackTick mystery
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
St Francis & Safari 50's, cat crazy Cape Town
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
The Whisper launch, hybrid with a story
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
One tough power cat, Furuno on board
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
Panbo in Cape Town, so far away and yet...
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago | Direct Link »
Marine Lightning Protection, revolutionary?
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
The State of Panbo, 10/1/2006
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
EPIRB love, after sinking by whale
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Iridium, great service, but in lieu of EPIRB?
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Who's driving that big rig? (#2, he's asleep!)
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Two old guys, and a Garmin, part 2
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Weekend weirdness: a DIY dink-sized car
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Two old guys, and a Garmin, part 1
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Simrad GB60, so connected!
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Monitor hoods, they really work
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
QMS, interesting WiFi solution, lousy return policy
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Tender tracking, good for exploring too
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Weekend wierdness: hybrid power cat
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Bluewater, belt and suspenders, another belt and...
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Nobeltec 9, lots'o'goodies
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
U.S. Boating Charts DVD...nice, but what about updates?
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Ping pong balls, panty hose, and DSP
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Sailor Receiver/RDF, elephant proof
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Weekend extra: can't wait for waterproof cells!
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Simrad Glass Bridge, who knew?
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Marine Electronics 1985, please show me your old stuff
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
RadioLabs USB Marine WiFi, the one?
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Garmin AIS revisited, a dite dissappointing
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago | Direct Link »
Shanghai dawn, with pretty darn good radar
Posted 1 year, 12 months ago | Direct Link »
Triple eye candy, the NVTi 5000/6000
Posted 1 year, 12 months ago | Direct Link »
Congress cutting NOAA chart funding, I wonder?
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
High tech submarine, off the shelf plotter
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Shanghai sunset, mostly a sweet memory
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
The AIS receiver test, testing is hard!
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Class B AIS, U.S. gets it last?
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Deal Alert, Navman 330
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Captn. Jack is back, and lookin good
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Testing the KVH TracVision M3, continued
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Navman 8120, test impressions #1
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Navionics fixes ledge, comments on C-Map deal
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
KVH TV on an MFD, YGWYPF
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Boeing/Jeppesen/Nobeltec buy C-Map, meaning ???
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
A Panbo break, a good one!
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Ralph gets TV, the amazing KVH M3
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Sorry, at boat show, no time to post today
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Who's driving that big rig (#1, AIS who?)?
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Krill Systems, monitoring for the rest of us?
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Trueheading AIS-CTRX, Class B is shaping up
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
InteliSea, a new name in high-end monitoring
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Classy hazy days of summer
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
AIS-equipped weather bouys, multitasking big time
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
Expanded US AIS requirements, good for Class B?
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
To transpond or not, part 2
Posted 2 years ago | Direct Link »
To transpond or not to transpond, that is the question.
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
A scary cat, why we love AIS
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Wired weekend, Ralph's got some testing to do
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
WiFi Wayne's way, USB economy?
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Bent props 3, pictures by Garmin
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Sirius vs XM, the coverage footprints
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Bent at Burnt Coat, part 2
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Neato, my magazine work is getting back online
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Burnt at Burnt Coat, another cautionary chart tale
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Gonna be a few changes around here!
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Cell weather radar, dirt cheap or DIY
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Sirius vx XM, Round One, Thunderstorms
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
AIS on the Web, an update
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
PocketMail, keeps on ticking
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
If you write comments, please register at TypeKey
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Buy this boat, so I can get a bigger one!
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Digital Radar #1, Northstar HD
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Digital Radar #1, Northstar HD
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
BNT sale, rumors and speculation
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Live marine weather, Sirius vs XM, the prolog
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Curtis I. C-Map Max style, and a Panbo apology
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Navionics Silver, how much detail?
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Back to business, with SoZ
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Gizmo found, Web the hero!
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Battle geeks...you'll laugh, you'll cry
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago | Direct Link »
Gizmo stolen! Some bastard should die!
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
AIS Class A, very much the Spirit of Zopilote
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Weather Caster 2.0, an Airmar WS update
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Raymarine E- and C-Series, the NMEA 0183 limitation
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
NavPlanner 3.13, still needs work
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Ultrasonic Weather Wars, w/ Raymarine as Switzerland
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Maretron Weather Station, first impressions
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
This 'n' that, #1
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
RayTech 6.0, first impressions
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Bermuda Race, transponders & editors
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
J 42 Finesse, Bermuda bound
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Port Networks WiFi bridge, another approach
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Athena, and "ProBoat" good news
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Cellular online, and other adventures in GSM
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Georeferenced panoramas, and happy to be home again
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Sea Ray Navigator...soggy carpet, happy customer
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Cellular weather another way, amazing
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
NavGator, a multi OS charting program
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Laptop down, a cautionary tale
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
Blogging on a bus...trying, and liking, cellular Internet
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago | Direct Link »
