Come see Raymarine’s new products at the Newport International Boat Show between September 17th and 20th in Newport, Rhode Island. This is a great opportunity to interact with the latest Raymarine technology, take advantage of exclusive boat show specials and connect with the Raymarine team. Read more…

“Here’s the funny part,” says Electronics Editor Ben Ellison, “In June, 1971, I moved directly from college graduation in Connecticut onto an old 40′ wooden sloop in Camden, Maine. Some friends and I had bought the boat with plans…well, dreams…of sailing around the world…but I’m still in Camden!”

Ben did cruise that boat twice to the Caribbean in 70’s, as well as run her as a commercial daysailer. He also shipped out aboard everything from oilfield vessels in the Gulf to herring and scallop boats in New England, eventually earning a 100-ton captain’s license.

Ben has always had a fascination with navigation technology, including ancient tools like the sextant, which he’s taught about extensively. In the early 90s he worked for a company which developed tide and current prediction software, a job that evolved into creating tables for Reed’s Nautical Almanacs and eventually to editing the entire Almanac. Soon he was researching and writing about marine electronics and software, which he now does full time for Power & Motoryacht, Sail, and other magazines, as well as at his blog www.panbo.com. Ben is also an active member of the Camden Harbor Committee, and tends to an eclectic fleet of small craft.

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