Furuno - Ocean Navigator

01 Oct

Furuno leads the pack in 2021 NMEA Awards

Ocean NavigatorHome Page Hero, Ocean Navigator, Ocean VoyagingFuruno, marine electronics, NMEA, NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000, NMEA Awards

Most voyagers are probably most familiar with the initial NMEA as part of a networking designation, either NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000. Maybe not as many could tell you that NMEA stands for the National Marine Electronics Association. Or that NMEA includes all the top marine electronics manufacturers or that the NMEA has a yearly conference at which the organization gives out awards in a variety of categories. This year marine electronics manufacturer Furuno was the overall winner, taking home seven awards, including the Technology Award for its NavNet TZT16F TZtouch 3 v2. The 2021 NMEA conference was held…

12 Mar

Ocean NavigatorOcean Voyaging, UncategorizedAIS, electronic charts, Furuno, GPS, marine electronics, MFD, multifunction display, PBG, personal bathymetric generator, radar

Is there a piece of marine electronics that does so much yet has such a non-descript name? The multifunction display, usually dryly shortened to simply "MFD," is a powerhouse that can combine electronic charts, AIS, radar, GPS, voyage planning, tide data, performance instrument display, depth sounder display, engine gauge displays and a lot more. The MFD is more of a "Houston mission control" on your boat than some anonymous three-letter acronym, which is usually better suited to black box units that reside unseen behind a bulkhead. An example of the kind of power features available to MFDs was recently announced…