New Gear

Quick Trick

Still got a muscle cramp from pushing and pulling the hull scraper when you decommissioned your boat? Instead, get your boat ready for storage in a jiffy with Speedblade. It's a handheld 12-volt scraper that removes hard fouling from your hull, props, docks, pilings, and running gear. According to the company, the scraper won't chip paint or gel coat and can be used underwater. Price: $499. Contact Speedblade at 706/216-3538, www.speedbladeinc.com.

Songbird

By Kari Snyder

Watery Image

Thanks to the Bluefin VX2000 Pro Travel Package, Hollywood may see more aspiring filmmakers-arriving by boat. According to the company, this lighting system and aluminum housing duo lets you operate a Sony VX2000 camcorder underwater, giving greater control of manual functions so you can produce high-quality videos. The package includes a zoom-through wide-angle lens that improves clarity and professional-grade lights that provide better color temperature. Price: Bluefin VX2000 Pro Travel Package, $6,899; Sony VX2000 camera, $2,999. Contact Light & Motion at 831/645-1525, www.uwimaging.com.

Keep an Eye Out

While watching sailboats drifting in the distance, you nearly sideswipe a neighboring buoy. With the Si-Tex T-1500 series of radars, you can track close-by and far-off obstacles simultaneously on a high-resolution, color 15" screen. The radars use varying colors to depict the different strengths of returning echoes. You can also track 10 designated targets and access information about their distance, speed, bearing, course, and closest point of approach. A built-in alarm system sounds if you risk a collision or lose a target. Price: $9,395 to $14,595. Contact Si-Tex at 727/576-5734, www.si-tex.com.