Sailing Hardware & Gear for Sale
- Small sailboat part goose neck(US $16.00)
- Garhauer 4:1 with cam and becket 50mm and 28mm sheaves. mainsheet/boom vang.(US $110.00)
- Small sailboat parts(US $10.00)
- Harken 144 standard tall-arm swivel base with 150 cam-matic cleat(US $176.95)
- Lewmar 40ast wave grip self tailing winch(US $369.00)
- Harken 7404 stanchion lead block assembly kit headsail handling furling systems(US $336.95)
Magna Electronics develops 'Touchskin' concept [w/video]
Tue, 22 May 2012Electronics firm Magna is working on a new technology it calls 'Touchskin concept' that has the potential to eliminate traditional switches and instruments inside vehicles. As part of its ‘Intelligent Surface Technology', the Touchskin concept is set to be an integral part of a system that allows the user to control the car via intuitive gestures – such as pinching, tapping and swiping – as we've become so familiar with when using smartphones. The potential design implications are easy to see with the large amount of space made available by removing the traditional instrument cluster and its wiring and the removal of wired-in switches and buttons.
Toyota, Scion models see slight price increase for 2013
Fri, 07 Dec 2012Toyota and Scion will be charging slightly more for certain models in 2013. And we mean slightly—the greatest change is a $500 bump up on the Scion xB and Toyota Sequoia SUV. The Camry sedan, Prius C hybrid subcompact and Scion xB utility vehicle all offer new features for 2013, causing the price increase.
The best cars at Pebble Beach and Monterey week 2013
Tue, 20 Aug 2013Hmmm – how do we compile a gallery of the best cars at this year’s Monterey Historics week, without letting it run to 100+ slides? And just what does ‘best’ mean anyway? We reckon it can mean unusual, beautiful, powerful, fast – a whole array of things.