
New Furuno GP3700 Series Chart Plotter for the Commercial Skipper
Furuno has introduced a new high-performance Chart Plotter designed specifically for commercial fishermen; with all of the features they want and need right at their fingertips. The new GP3700 and GP3700F Chart Plotters combine the most useful features a commercial skipper needs and brings them to life on a 12.1" Colour IPS display. The GP3700 GPS/WAAS Chart Plotter and GP3700F GPS/WAAS Chart Plotter/Fish Finder combination unit incorporate the easy-to-use interface from thei

Coastguard Hibiscus Clocking up the Summertime Hours
It has been a busy summer for Coastguard Hibiscus on Auckland’s Whangaparaoa Peninsula. Coastguard Hibiscus has two vessels in its fleet, a 7.7m Sealegs powered by a Yamaha F200hp V6 four-stroke outboard, and a Naiad 9.5m powered by twin F250hp V6 Yamaha four-strokes. The vessels can clock up around 800 engine hours per year, meaning their 100-hour service schedules come around very quickly. Raymond Greenfield, Maintenance Officer at Coastguard Hibiscus says the unit has a ve