Flying home from Ft. Lauderdale, it was a good show. Furuno introduced their NavNet 3D product line which looks very good.
I'm also giving a hard look at their boat instruments and autopilot.
We found some excellent LED lighting from i2 which we think can satisfy about 80% of our lighting needs with about 80% less power consumption than if we had used halogen lights. And since that 80% difference mostly went to heat it should also stay a lot cooler below decks.
After that we collected an assortment of information on the availability of enhanced models of various equipment we'd been considering, from watermakers to furlers. And of course the usual assortment of boat gadgets, some of which could actually be useful!
While we were at the show they lowered the deck onto the hull for the first time. This allows them to scribe the bulkheads and begin cutting them to fit the deck to ensure a precise fit. With the deck on the hull she's starting to actually look like a boat!
