More and more applications and hardware on boats can take advantage of real-time internet access. Having a live connection underway provides many advantages that will translate into increased success and safety. Here we will discuss why and how to have networking on your boat. Why bother with
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Advances in technology is creating a need for sailing instruments evolution. Technical advances Communications Ethernet and NMEA-2000 are now well established standard communications protocols, both being buses (multiple devices connected together that allows them to communicate to each other). Ethernet is the ‘big pipe’. It has lots
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Essential System – $6900 The Essential Ockam system provides the information you need to win. True wind direction and speed (Learn why). Real-time current (Learn why). Polar and target speed (Learn why). Marks, courses and laylines (Learn why). Crew training & tack analysis (Learn why). Core components
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EyeApp; the portable wireless full color graphic racing display The EyeApp mobile display provides graphical sailing displays to any device anywhere that has a web browser. The available pages include most of the pages available on Race and Vysion. See Sailing graphical pages. EyeApp mobile display features
Learn more →This is an early paper by Dan about onboard ethernet. I’ve taken the liberty of including it in his blog. Dick McCurdy Introduction Knowledge and planning have always been key factors in all forms of sailing, from the Polynesian catamarans to Nelson’s victory at the Battle of
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