Class B Splitter
We got it!! We mean the VHF class B Splitter!! It lets you use the same VHF antenna with your radio transmitter and your AIS transponder. The first one with a CE certificate!!
- Reduces notably the time and cost of installation
- Improves coverage, since you use the same antenna for AIS and the radio in the top part of your boat
- Has a failsafe operation mode, giving priority to VHF voice operation, even in case of failure of the splitter power supply
Cool videos
We’ve just found a collection of spectacular videos in youtube. We’ll be uploading a few of them to the blog. With fantastic images, we believe most of them come from our favourite regatta, the Volvo.
Sometimes it looks as they can sail as fast as windsurf boards in Tarifa. Definitely great material!!
Leiro in the Artic
Really nice article (sorry, in Spanish only) about the trips of Jesús Leiro, , 65 y.o. boater, neighbour of Sanxenxo, a little town in Galicia.
His last trip was to Greenland, through Ireland, Faroe Islands, and Iceland, where he met a Spanish Navy Ship.
We must at least congratulate this gentleman for his achievements, and of course our friend Rafael del Castillo, that as usual leading La Rueda, guides boaters in the Atlantic in their journeys, helping them with his wise advice, and helpful weather forecasts.
Boating in the Indian Ocean
Boating in the Indian Ocean is getting more and more scary, after the latest pirates attacks in the Somalia area.
Apparently, and according to this Economist article , Playa de Bakio, the latest Spanish fishing boat attacked there, was as far as 247NM from the coast. In spite of the far distance, pirates managed to go far, kidnap them, and get a ransom of up to 1.2m dollars.
The only solution seems to be a permanent military Navy presence in the area, name it NATO or whatever, able to cover a significant area.
New site
We’ve been working during the last months to launch the new version of the site. We specially wanted to explain better what we are doing and make it more usable, and hopefully you agree with us, better looking! 
We also wanted to explain the atposition.com service, for remote control of your boat. Basically it is all about giving more remote control features to our sat track users.
We’ll be writing more posts about this very soon! Keep tuned!!