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13 Gadgets for Boaters

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1. Satellite Tracker

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I absolutely loved our Garmin inReach Mini.  Our friends loved following our real-time location.  Our families loved it even more.  Especially during longer ocean passages.

2. Good Camera

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We love our GoPro and have taken it on many trips. How else will you film all the amazing adventures? Both above and below the water line.  Yes, including filming sharks!

3. Quality Binoculars

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I purchased ours as a gift for my husband years ago.  We also had the usual large boating binoculars aboard, but we almost never used them.  There is a waterproof option is available.

4. Hand-held VHF

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"We had three or four aboard.  We always kept one by us, in the cockpit, during passages, and another one charging. And used them like walkie-talkies, whenever we left our kids aboard.

5. Bright Spotlight

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A bright spotlight helped us navigate dark channels. And dodge fields of crab pots, don't get me started. We received ours as a gift and used it more times than I can count. We had a typical marine flashlight, but we liked the spotlight better.