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Digital Yacht SafeLi: Lithium Battery Gas Alarm for Boats
Digital Yacht has announced SafeLi, a small sensor that sits next to your lithium battery bank and shouts if the batteries start to misbehave.
Latest Software Update
LightHouse 5 – Shame on you, Raymarine!
Raymarine LightHouse 5 explained: which Axiom displays can run it, why it will not network with LightHouse 4 units, what to do if you need to replace one display, what we saw on LH4.11, and a version history up to 5.0.127 (October 2026).
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2023 2nd hand Boat Index & market status
We walk you through the creation of our Marine-Review Used Boat Index and the current state of the 2nd hand boat markets. 20% more boats for...
Nov ’23 Used Boat Index – the big cleanup!
Used Boat Index Inventory keeps growing. November 1st showed a huge "cleanup" but inventory is still increasing.
Careful buying a Yacht EU VAT paid in Turkey!
Yacht EU VAT rules are complex. And problems might not show themselves until you are years into ownership. Check our advice before proceeding!
Better Garmin Quatix 7 models on the way?
With Garmin working towards releasing the leaked Fenix 7 Pro series and Epix Pro 2 series - can we expect a Quatix 7 Pro series as well?
Kirsten Neuschäfer won the Golden Globe Race 2022
Kirsten crossed the finish-line April 27th at 19:45 UTC and won the GGR2022! Congratulations from us
What is the Golden Globe Race?
The GGR is a...
New ePropulsion E163 and E60 batteries
The China based company, ePropulsion, have released a new generation of their batteries for mainly the electric outboards, the Navy 3.0 Evo and Navy 6.0 Evo engines.
Android based Chart-plotters – rant
Chart-plotters start using Android as the “base operating system” for their new devices. In our opinion it is a security risk if not managed carefully.
CZone Touch 5 Review and Giveaway
Follow Marine Review on Twitter & Instagram to participate in the upcoming $1300 CZone Touch 5 giveaway. Review and getting started guide upcoming.
Here comes Orca Weather based routes
The established players like Garmin, Navico (B&G/Simrad/Lowrance) & Raymarine better watch out. Tiny company Orca is storming ahead with new major features on a regular basis. Now Orca have introduced Sailboat weather-based routing.
Garmin Down again? (Oct 16 2022) – update 2pm – up again
Today it seems like Déjà Vu with Garmin. All Garmin's online services are down apart from the "main" website. Could it be another ransomware...
Impressions Southampton Boatshow 2022 Part 1
This year we went to the Southampton Boat show for the first time in 3 years due to Covid. The show was quite a...
Coming soon – review of BEP Smart Battery Hub
Not long ago BEP introduced the "Smart Battery Hub" for twin and triple engine boats. The Battery hub is "smart" - and integrates battery...
