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Garmin is proud to announce that it has acquired Navionics S.p.A., a privately-held worldwide provider of electronic navigational charts and mobile applications for the marine industry. Navionics has long been known as a leading supplier of highly accurate navigational charts and mobile applications for boaters. By combining Navionics’ content with Garmin’s BlueChart and LakeVü content, we [...] The post Garmin acquires Navionics, premier supplier of...

Today we are excited to announce, we have been selected as an official supplier for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018. As an official supplier, our flagship waterproof action cameras, the VIRB 360 and VIRB Ultra 30, will be used by all seven teams competing in the 45,000-mile race around the world to capture high-quality video that [...] The post Garmin selected as Official Supplier for...

When Pamela and Sebastian Blanchard first learned that Hurricane Irma could make landfall in the Florida Keys, they had a decision to make. They lived with their dog Leila aboard a 1979 Morgan 382 sailboat at a harbor in Marathon, Florida, and they were concerned about their vessel enduring the storm. After consulting weather reports [...] The post inReach: U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Sailors...