Photo courtesy Humminbird

Humminbird will be showing their latest marine electronics at the Philippine Boat Show 2010 Sea-Expo, 19-21 March, at One Espalande, Mall Of Asia, Manila Bay, including the all-new Down Imaging software for Humminbird side-scan sonar equipment.

With the new Humminbird Down Imaging software on your Humminbird side-scan sonar equipment you become: a treasure hunter, finding those long hidden treasure ships; a marine surveyor, mapping the bottom of bays and rivers; and, a marine researcher, seeking out the pods, schools and shoals of elusive marine creatures. Humminbird Down Imaging software expands your side-scan sonar into a high definition below-the-boat solution with ultra high definition graphic displays that give you the full picture for up to 240 feet.

Photo courtesy Martyn Willes

Could there soon be a new marina in Manila Bay? Newspaper reports in the Manila Standard (19th November) suggest that there are plans afoot to build a new marina in Manila Bay, near the SM Mall of Asia site, along the waterfront in Pasay City. The new marina will also, it is reported, be offering pleasure boats on a timeshare basis.

A new marina is desperately needed in Manila Bay, most especially because of the stranglehold that the incumbent Manila Yacht Club has on safely parking a boat and on the sport of sailing in general in Manila Bay . . . a sport that the Manila Yacht Club appears to have been actively foregoing during the past year, in pursuit of alternative objectives.

Photo courtesy Hof Gorei Beach Resort

Samal Island is now on the Internet with its own beach resort webcam.

MyCam-Asia.tv - a free travel services website that provides real-time advertising and promotion for tourist destinations around Asia - yesterday announced the installation of the first IP camera (webcam) on Samal Island, overlooking the tropical garden beach resort vista at the Hof Gorei Beach Resort.

The view from the Hof Gorei Beach Resort webcam looks almost West from Samal Island, across the superb snorkelling and scuba diving waters of the Davao Gulf and to Mount Apo - the highest peak in the Philippines.

Photo courtesy Martyn Willes

The Commodore’s Cup (5th - 6th December) at Caliraya Lake, Cavinti/Lumban, Laguna, is organised by the Philippine Windsurfing Association and brings the best windsurfing and kiteboarding practitioners from around the Philippines and across Asia together for the final event of the 2009 Philippine Windsurfing Series. The Commodore’s Cup event is open to all national and international windsurfing and kiteboarding enthusiasts.

The Commodore’s Cup is an annual event designed to close out the Philippine Windsurfing Series racing season, that this year started in Puerto Galera way back in February. At Caliraya Lake the 2009 Philippine windsurfing and kiteboarding champions will be crowned.

Photo courtesy Bernadette Villaluz

Philippine Boat Show 2010 - Sea-Expo’10 - (19-21 March, 2010) is organized by the Rogue Magazine and marine enthusiasts. The Boat Show aims to be the ultimate water sports lifestyle event in the Philippines. The Philippine Boat Show 2010 - Sea Expo is the only venue in the Philippines where you can see all of the manufacturers & distributors of marine equipment displaying their wares in one place at one time. It is also the best place to learn how to enjoy the water sports lifestyle.

Last year One Esplanade, beside the Mall Of Asia on Manila Bay, was overflowing with new boats, marine equipment & water toys, and it already looks as though the Philippine Boat Show 2010 will be as much as twice the size in terms of exhibitors and space.