Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net Radio Interview
Claiborne Young, cruising guide author and moderator of the Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net website, has recently launched a new radio podcast series.
His first interview was with Tom Neale, author and frequent contributor to BoatU.S. Magazine.
For his second interview, he speaks with Mark on the topic of electronic charting and bringing a laptop aboard.
You can listen to this 45-minute podcast by pointing your browser to http://cruisersnet.net/category/ssecn-podcast-index/
NauticalAuthors.com Retail Consortium Launched!
NauticalAuthors.com is a growing collection of 8 authors and 22 independently-published titles by some of the most entertaining and knowledgeable people in the marine industry.
Topics range from yoga and taking care of your onboard pets to galley cooking, extended cruising, onboard electronics, e-charting, and jumping island music!
Current members include Mark & Diana Doyle (cruising guides & electronic charting), Kim Hess (yoga and healthy cruising), Charles Kanter (catamaran how-to), Corinne Kanter (galley cooking), Dr. David LaVigne (pets onboard), John Otterbacher (inspirational sea tales), and Eric Stone (island music).
Retailers may place orders for as few as 3 titles (mix-and-match) and receive up to a 48% discount. All orders ship same or next business day.
Media Contact: media@nauticalauthors.com
Retailer Contact: sales@nauticalauthors.com
New 2010 Chart DVDs are now available
The fifth edition of Managing the Waterway: Complete Electronic Chart and Nautical Reference Library (2-DVD Set) has now been released. Whether you already own navigation software and only need updated charts and reference materials, or you are a newbie who wants free or trial software and charts to test the e-charting waters, this 2-DVD set makes you good to go!
U.S. Raster and Vector Charts—Charts are cataloged and organized into popular cruising geographies. Chart files are standard BSB (raster) and S-57 (vector) charts provided by NOAA and the U.S. Army Corps and display in all computer-based navigation packages that support these formats.
Nautical Reference Library—This third annual update now includes just under $3000 and over one gigabyte of government publications, reference texts, and nautical calculators in searchable Adobe Acrobat PDF or HTML web browser format.
Free and Trial Software—Contains free and trial software applications for both PC and Macintosh operating systems.