Known for their marine thermal-imaging systems, FLIR just introduced a new handheld device: the FLIR Ocean Scout Pro at the Miami Boat Show. This lightweight, handheld monocular fit in my hand, and the zoom and other buttons were easily controlled with my fingertips. Looking around the show floor, thermal images of people and lights were clearly defined. Four different colors helped distinguish details by representing the…
Efoils are a fun new way to get on the water. These self-powered boards lift you above the water, leaving the hydrofoil and jet drive powering the board below the surface. Founded in Australia and now owned by Brunswick, Flite just released their new Series 5 Fliteboard at the Miami International Boat Show. The Series 5 Fliteboard uses a new advanced jet propulsion system developed in…
Gyroscopic stabilizers have become very popular over the last few years, with Seakeeper leading the pack. Other manufacturers are building their gyros similar to the newly released Dometic DG3. Dometic engineers spent years developing the DG3 because they didn’t want to make just another gyro-they wanted to make a better gyro. The Dometic DG3 has a faster up and down time than other systems. The…
New from ACR, the ResQflare PRO is a battery-powered Electronic Visual Distress Signal Device (eVDSD) that is much brighter than previous versions. It uses multiple colors to flash a digital SOS signal that can be seen more easily and from further away than previous white flashing versions. The idea is that instead of launching flares, which can only be seen for a short period of…