Marine Accessories

Their is a large selection of marine accessories but none more usefull than Solaris Solar Panels .  This being a world of electronic gadgets such as phone, Ipods, GPS systems and of course your boat battery.  Solaris has a large verity of portable solar panels that will fit just about any location, their is nothing more irritating than being a cel phone addict and not having a cel phone because it needs a charge could take you off of the water to some place that you can get a charge for you phone or some other device so make sure you have a flesible solar panel.

Recently, a leading tech publication has selected five of the best GPS navigators in the market, and 4 out of the 5 devices were Garmin devices. Laymen and experts all agree that Garmin currently produces the best GPS navigators in the market. So if you are in the market shopping for one, you can’t go wrong with this brand.

Even when you have selected the brand, making a final choice can still be quite a daunting task ask Garmin produces a wide range of navigators. For me, I am always for the lookout for a product that gives me the best value for my money. I look for a product that gives me what I need without all the unnecessary bell’s and whistles. After some research, I finally settled for the Garmin Nuvi 255W portable marine GPS. Here is a quick look at what I got.

First of all, the price was right. At the time of writing, it costs around $180 a piece, which is as much as I would spend for a navigation gadget. Despite its price, it does come with a wide array of features. The 255W is so much more than a GPS device. With just a click of a button, you can find the nearest gas station, restaurant, or mall and find the shortest route to get there. Finding the best route tow reach your destination all the time will help you save time, energy and money.

You would think that a GPS device of this price would get you a small 3.5″ screen. The Garmin Nuvi 255W has a huge 4.3-inch touch screen that displays very clear images even in bright sunlight. The large screen makes it much easier to view, especially while you are driving. It also has 6 million point of interests and comes with maps of the USA (including Alaska, and Hawaii), Canada and several more. The Garmin Nuvi 255W also incorporates many functions that were once only found in more expensive navigators. It comes with text-to-speech functions, bicycle modes, image viewer, currency converter, calculator mode and much more.

We all know that at anytime we can have very rough water either from the weather or the wake from another boat which will always put water in our boat getting everything wet and if you radio speakers get wet and they are not waterproof speakers that will be the end of our sounds.  Their are a lot of waterproof speakers available so you should not have a problem finding them and you sounds will continue.

Cast your line and wait for the dip of the rod tip.  The boounce of a bobber.  Or the sweet singing sound of a screaming drag that means that means just one thing: fish on.

 Fishing is fun, but at Hummingbird Fishfinder we prefer catching.  And because it seems like the fish keep getting smarter, we keep working harder to bring you more success every time you wet a line.  Whether you’re hunting bass or bone fish, working the pro tournament trail or just showing your kids how to jig for sunfish, you’ll want to partner with the fishing brands of Johnson Outdoors.

We’ve gathered together some of the biggest, most-respected names in boating and angling.  Minn Kota®: for trolling motors and battery charging systems with advanced technology and dependable performance.  Fishfinders and electronics by Humminbird®: that give you eyes under the water.  And the latest ideas in fishing kayaks from Ocean Kayaks® and Old Town® Canoe and Kayak, specialists in remote, shallow-water angling.  When it comes to fishing and boating, we share your passion.

While the first official day of summer is still a few weeks away, the weather is nice, the water is warm, and now is the perfect time to begin all those fun summer activities. Inflatable water sports are some of the most enjoyable summer activities, and it can be a lot of fun getting out on the water a few weekends before all the lakes and beaches are crowded. Whether it’s a rousing game of water volleyball, or being pulled behind a boat in an inflatable inner tube, water sports can be a whole lot of fun. However, it’s still important to be safe, especially when it comes to children. When pulling a child in an inner tube, always ensure that they’re wearing a life vest. While it’s unlikely the child will fall off, it’s still important for them to be prepared just in case. It’s also important to ensure the tow rope is secured to the boat, and that the rider has a firm grip on the line, or that it is secured to the inner tube. 

Make sure to have a flagger in place just in case the rider goes down, and that the flagger knows the signals to indicate a downed rider in the water. This will ensure that other boats don’t travel in the area and hit the rider by mistake. 

If you damage your propeller it is probably not a good idea to try and fix it yourself, their a lot of prop repair shops that can fix your propeller properly.  Using your boat with a damaged propeller makes the propeller unbalanced and this will cause strain on your out drive which will lead to a very expensive repair job.  It is a good idea to carry an extra propeller on your boat so that if you damage your express stainless steel propeller you would have a back up aluminum boat propeller with a different pitch this would give you a ski propeller as well as a cruising propeller.

Now that we have been boating we are finding out our boat is not working as we had hoped and one good way to help this is to make sure our propeller is in good condition.  Incorporating the newest and efficient design features based from high-performance stainless steel propellers, Hustler aluminum boat propellers run away from competition. Hustler High Performance series propellers are the only aluminum propeller manufactured with performance enhancing vent holes. There’s a Hustler propeller perfect for almost any boating application.

Solaris’ primary mission is to provide low manufacturing cost, high efficiency and long life solar cells to capture a major portion of the projected growth of the global renewable energy market. Equity financing and Company resources are used exclusively towards this goal. However, since Solaris’ NanoAntennaTM materials present a number of other large market opportunities which are validated in part by the development of high efficiency photovoltaics, we have begun to pursue these other applications through externally funded collaborations, contracts, and agreements. These other applications of our nano-antenna technology and intellectual property include the enhancement of human vision, high performance liquid crystal displays, and chemical and biological sensing.

Solaris Nanosciences is a subsidiary of Spectra Systems Corporation (www.spsy.com), a profitable, private company spun out of Brown University in 1996. Spectra Systems’ core competence in high performance optical materials, intellectual property and physical infrastructure led to the launch of Solaris Nanosciences in May of 2004.

Our broad technology platform addresses the following opportunities:

• Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells for direct conversion of sunlight to electrical energy at commercially competitive costs,
• Liquid Crystal Displays with enhanced viewing angles and brightness,
• Enhanced Vision for patients suffering from diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affecting the retinal photoreceptors.
• Chemical and Biological Sensing
• Solaris Solar Panels

Astro 220

Tired of searching for your hunting dog in tall grass or dense cover? Now you can leave the hunting entirely to him. Introducing Astro, the first high sensitivity GPS-enabled dog tracking GPS for hunters and sportsmen. This unique GPS when accompanied by the optional DC 20 pinpoints your dogs position and shows you exactly where he is, even when you cant see or hear him.

Count Your Coveys
After you’ve captured your quarry, mark the exact spot with Astros Covey Counter™, a special waypoint that tells you the exact location, time of day and elevation where you found your prey, as well as the number of birds you flushed and took from that location. Astro lets you save other special waypoints, such as “Truck” and “Lodge,” so you can save the location of these places quickly and easily for each hunt. Astro also offers special waypoint icons to represent food plots, tree stands and other hunting-related points.

Experience Full-featured GPS
Astro shines when you’re out on the hunt, but it also excels in getting you back to your truck at the end of the day, or even back home again. In fact, the Astro handheld GPS has all the features of Garmins top-line handheld outdoor devices, including a barometric altimeter, electronic compass, microSD card slot, celestial information, area calculator and rugged, IPX7 waterproof exterior. With optional detailed city street maps, you can search for over 6 million points of interest and create a route on roads with exact turn-by-turn directions.

When you purchase a towable inflatable make sure you have a good tow rope as they do very in how they act when in use in the water behind a boat.  Their are self centering tow harness available that make riding the inflatable much easier and ropes very from 50 to 75 feet.