Anew integrated VHF radio, plus one of the best weather information tools I have ever tested are the visible signs that NASA Marine is making a concerted attack on the smaller boat market.

I have no connection with this company apart from an admiration for the way they do business and gratitude for the fact that their prices are at a sensible level.

NASA started in a garden shed and even though it is now the UK's largest volume sellers of Navtex receivers it has not succumbed to the huge glossy offices, receptionists, journalist junkets, massive advertising and PR budgets, the hallmark of many marine companies and eventually paid for by the customer.

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