New for 2016 is the Garmin hand-held GPS 73. With a clear monochrome display and highly sensitive GPS, it’s perfect for either the cost-conscious sailor or someone wanting a back…
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METS 2015: Mastervolt Touch 10
Housed within a sleek, low-profile aluminium frame, the Touch 10 allows the user to access CZone digital switching and Masterbus power electronics systems. It has a bright clear touch-sensitive colour…
METS 2015: Standard Horizon GX1300E
Standard Horizon’s new GX1300E Eclipse Radio is a c compact DSC VHF. Waterproof to IPX8 (1.5m submersion for 30 mins) it makes the GX1300E ideal for cockpit or pedestal mounting.…
METS 2015: MOB LifeSaver
Quite simply, the MOB Lifesaver is a spliced loop of Dyneema with a triangle in one end. You attach the other end to the lifting strop of the lifejacket and…
METS 2015: Flush Fitting Padeye
Available for only to the trade at the moment. The new Rapid Marine flush fitting padeye, is suitable for all tenders and PWC’s up to 500kg in weight, it’s dead…
Collision with a trawler
Anchored off Boulogne with a disabled engine, Richard Brown thought the worst was over. Then his yacht was in collision with a trawler…
METS 2015: rescueME EDF1
Sold as the world’s most compact electronic distress flare, the rescueME EDF1 from Ocean Signal Ltd allows for 360-degree visibility with a seven-mile range. It offers four modes of operation,…
METS 2015: Lume-On
These tiny LED lights are self-adhesive patches which can be attached to any lifejacket – where the bladder is separate from the case. When the LEDs lights illuminate, the whole…
METS 2015: Surf Sonic
A link bonding service, the Surf Sonic allows any Internet connection to be bonded. By combining multiple internet parts into a single connection, with a single onward superfast connection to…
METS 2015: Henri Lloyd Flex 3D Jacket
Featuring full stretch insulation, this practical jacket uses thermal non-flattening spiral wadding. The Flex 3D outer fabric and wadding offers a 4-way mechanical stretch, which works with the full stretch…