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Quiet by name, powerful by design, the new Lowrance Ghost freshwater trolling motor helps anglers fish longer, run faster and move in closer without spooking fish. Ghost’s revolutionary propulsion technology and brushless motor generates the most thrust and the longest run time of any trolling motor on the market. With integrated Lowrance sonar options, GPS anchoring and a three-year warranty, there’s no reason not to believe in Ghost.Visit https://www.bluebottlemarine.com/categories/electr …

Simrad Cruise is the most intuitive, easy-to-use chartplotter available. Everything you need for simple and straightforward GPS navigation is right inside the box – sunlight viewable display with optional AUS/NZ Navionics+ chart, mounting bracket and a sonar transducer. Simrad Cruise can display charts, navigation and sonar in split-screen view, or separately in full screen. Rotary dial and keypad controls make navigating through menus, creating routes and accessing temperature, speed, depth rea …

What is a GPS week rollover? The Global Positioning System (GPS) has its own date and time scale based on counting weeks, and seconds within a week. However, the field that contains the week number is limited to 1024 weeks, a GPS rollover event occurs when this counter reaches week 1023 and then rolls back to week 0.When does this happen?About every 20 years. The upcoming GPS week rollover event is on April 6th, 2019.Has this happened before?Yes, this is the second event. GPS week zero was in J …

HDS LIVEA significant leap forward in fish finding technology, HDS LIVE delivers powerful real-time sonar, charting and connectivity features including Active Imaging, LiveSight, Genesis Live and LiveCast smartphone integration.ACTIVE IMAGING SONARSee structure and cover with a new level of refined detail and at a range unmatched by any other structure imaging technology with Active Imaging. Offering industry-leading clarity without sacrificing range, it delivers unmatched image quality of struc …

The MotorGuide Xi5 just got even better with the recent release of 72” (183cm) shaft version, great foroffshore boating. This new model is available on both the 80Ib (24 volt) and 105Ib (36v) Xi5 GPSMotorGuide. We are stocking both these voltage models in salt-water version, with the first units arriving in April.