Recent content by colin_jones

For those us who are interested in boats and caravans, there is an interesting new website with articles and a forum at <www.caravantalk.co.uk>. The relevant section can be accessed via the toolbar on the left of the home page. The forum is towards the bottom of the Forum section. See you there!

selling a boat I sold my Colvic Watson 29 on eBay. It was simple and soon done.

For PBO I am putting together a study of selling (and buying) a boat on eBay. I have recently sold mine and had a vast crop of attempted scams and other adventures, as well as a lot of good things. All magazine features are better with more experience. So, if you have bought/sold a boat on...

apologies ffrom C J Plerase accept my apologies for any confusion, but I have only just noticed this thread. All the contributors are correct. The Navionics App is super value for money and has most of the Navionics Gold features. It is not intended as the boat's principal navigator, but has...

iPhone Navigation Thanks to PBO readers. Many thanks to all the Forumites who responded to my earlier thread on this topic. All the postings and the private messages were interesting and useful. As promised, the iPhone Project is published in the February 2010 issue of PBO, which is on sale...

Give it a couple of minutes with a good view of the sky, in order to latch on, then press GPS in the bottom left hand corner of display. Welcome to the club. It really is an amazing addition to the boating toolchest.

iphone app Sounds interesting. Please add me to your list of testers

We are preparing a major study of iPhone navigation for (probably) the February2010 issue of PBO. The main contender is Navionics, which both myself and a cruising mate have used this year. However, if anybody has any comment on iPhone Apps for straight navigation, or as other useful aids, or...

Because we need the space to renovate a flat, we are having a huge clear out of some very interesting equipment at knock down prices. The list is too long to post here, so it is in the catalogue of a US style on-line garage sale at <www.colvicwatson.co.uk> page 5

Hello John have a look at Chantier Fluvial, Quai Jean Moulin, 82100 Castelsarrasin. They are based well South and could do it 2 parts for mate's convenience. (They also have storage) Yard and transport are owned by a super couple. Very helpful. Rates are also very reasonable. They shifted...

Wait until London Boat Show. In order to execute a huge order from USA, Waeco have just built a new factory in China. This has enabled them to reduce all UK prices by about 30% and to improve the quality of engineering ... computer drilled and cut etc instead of done by hand. The new models...

Wait until the New Year (Boat Show?) and have a look at the new Standard Horizon GX1500E, which will sell for £179 ... less in some places. This is Yaesu equipment under a different badge. Yaesu have always had the reputation for good radios to military and licenced radio amateur...

For sale. Mio 168 GPS receiver PDA. Unused. Unwanted gift. Spec: Processor speed: 300.0 MHz, Installed RAM: 64 MB, Operating system: Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003, Screen size: 3.5", Weight: 147.0 g £150 inc postage. If interested PM.

For Sale. Royaltek RFG1000 USB GPS. Unused. In box with all software. Gift at £65 inc postage. If interested PM.

Maptech do several. Expensive, but effective.