Experts advise upgrading sailboat electronics, particularly digital, solid-state Doppler-enabled radars that display dangerous targets in red and stationary or benign targets in green or blue. This is especially important for those who want to sail fast but also enjoy a safe and enjoyable experience. As the range of available marine electronics continues to grow, manufacturers are adding capabilities and value to their product offerings.
A comprehensive guide will help choose the best options for your Sunreefs new 35M Eco, which is outfitted with custom batteries, electric engines, and solar panels. The Polish yard’s mission is to promote safe, environmentally sound, efficient, and sustainable zero emission propulsion systems through cooperation. Essential boat electronics include multifunction displays (MFDs), marine GPS and chartplotters, fish finders and depth sounders, and VHF radios.
VHF radios are essential tools for maintaining communication with other boats, while other essential items include a yacht controller, Dog-DOK, Aqua Lily Pad, 10-in-1 boat gadget, ACR BIVY Stick, sunglasses, and non-tipping can coolers. Other essential boat electronics include GPS, VHF radio, cell phones, chargers, radar detectors, trolling devices, waterproof notepads, solar-powered speakers, amphibious drones, polarized sailing sunglasses, radar chart plotter overlays, chart plotter navigation enhancement tools, free HDTV, Wi-Fi, and more.
It is crucial to have backup systems in place for critical electronic equipment such as GPS navigation and marine radios, as well as spare batteries and handheld devices.
📹 Best Boat Gadgets to Have
This is not an exhaustive list, and it does cover some of the most essential boat gadgets to have in our opinion. These all make …
📹 Best 5 gadgets for your boat
We constantly find things that we find useful in our life aboard so I think it’s good for us to share these things with you. This one …
That’s a really good point about the anchor light. Nobody comes into an anchorage at night, especially one they don’t know, staring at the sky. We use a bomb-proof hurricane lamp and we follow Tom Cunliffe’s advice about hauling it up on the spare halyard then fixing it to the deck with a downhaul so that’s about half the height of the mast.
I would totally agree on Readly, I have 5 years of PBO, YM & Sailing on my iPad! Plus you get access to not only UK magazines, so helpful when you are in other countries. My iPad is of course now mostly full of magazines, but you can choose less to download 😄 Enjoy the heat, it is chilly back home 🌦
Fellow gadget man… OLAS and Exposure torch already have! Some other items for you: the entire Makita 18v tool set! We have the drill, multi tool, vacuum cleaner, grinder, torch and fan on board, all with the same battery set. FLIR Scout Monocular. Scanstrut Rokk phone chargers. And most importantly, the Wago electric wire connectors (these are brilliant, especially if you get the gel box for better insulation). And finally soft shackles…. love our soft shackles – we use with the bridle on our cat for the anchor chain, lose the metal!
Thanks, always love a good gadget myself..! Regarding headlamps, big fan and like your choice, and I’d also put a vote in for something like the Petzl units that support their Core rechargeable Li-On pack; it’s the same fit, form, function as three standard AAA batteries, so you can swap between them, and/or keep some high-quality Alkalines in your grab bag in case of emergencies. Not fully waterproof, but they do take a beating. Like the shoes, will look into getting them, and the OLAS kit looks the business also. And the solar lights are a great addition; I also place an extra fixed white light at the bow and stern regardless – with the mooring light 20m+ aloft a lot of local traffic will never see it. I’ve used rechargeable LEDs that also can act as a battery pack for cellphones (5200mAh), but I like your solar charging and PIR sensing. Hello Amazon…
Sure like the shoes and use them if I can find them here in the US. I have difficulty finding shoes here as I wear a 11.5 2 wide, 46 wide European. I have type 2 diabetes without any issues but feet are tender. As the wrist alarm is great but sailing solo it would help me so I wear a vest most of time with trailing floating lines about100 feet behind also in rougher weather I am clipped into jacklines. My sailing days may ending soon as 2 weeks past I was diagnosed with cancer and refuse chemotherapy as it kills the immune system w me for covid-19. Take care.