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Essential storm prep checklist every sailor needs  #sailing #SailingWithCoconuts #safetyfirst

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Which is better, bait or lures? Here's a quick teaser to start you thinking. And when you're ready to see more, the first episode "Got Bait? The Hunt for Flounder" is now live: http://features.boats.com/boat-content/2014/08/got-bait/ For more boating videos, visit http://www.boats.com. boats.com features boat reviews, how-to videos, special features, and information about new boats, boats for sale, and boating products—usually with a dash of fun. Our reviewers test the features, performance, and specifications of each boat, searching out the hidden details for a critical evaluation. If you're shopping for a boat, we want to help you make the best choice. And if you're just looking, we'll try to make it fun too. Subscribe to receive notification of new videos.

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Raymarine claims their new Dragonfly fish finder is a "whole new breed" of fish finder/chartplotter, as opposed to simply being a next-generation model like the e-series they introduced the year before last. That's a pretty bold claim, and it was put to the test when Raymarine pitted the Dragonfly against 14 of the hottest new electronics on the market, by competing in the 2013 NMMA Innovations awards last week. Net result? The Dragonfly won. http://features.boats.com/boat-content/2013/02/raymarine-dragonfly-a-whole-new-breed-of-fish-finder/ For more videos about marine electronics, visit www.boats.com.

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For a review that explains how the Velodyne Martinin 1.5 works: http://features.boats.com/boat-content/2013/03/the-velodyne-martini-1-5-active-suspension-on-a-boat/ For more videos from the Miami Boat Show, visit www.boats.com. The Velodyne Martini 1.5 was the wackiest, and most technically impressive, thing I saw at this year's Miami International Boat Show. In a nutshell, the Martini 1.5—so-named because it will keep your drink from sloshing—is a pontoon boat with active suspension. The system is the creation of Velodyne founder David Hall and a team of very enthusiastic engineers, some of whom were at Miami and gave me a demo ride on the boat. Hall and the Velodyne name may be familiar to audiophiles, as he got his start in 1983 with a patented, accelerometer-based High Gain Servo System to control sub-woofer cone movement. The company, which is based on the fringe of Silicon Valley near Morgan Hill, California, is still in the speaker business and has also developed the Velodyne LiDAR system used for 3D mapping. At Miami, one of the engineers explained that the Martini 1.5 is based on the same premise as their original speaker, "but instead of measuring and reacting to the movement of the speaker cone, we are reacting to the movement of the boat deck to cancel out the action of the waves."

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