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Sailing navigation is made easy with a variety of electronics offered by Defender. Marine navigation tools, bundles, and a full line of accessories cover all boat navigation needs. Multifunction marine instruments offer an alternative when installation space and budget are tight.

Which marine instruments are important to sailing?

Anyone on the water can benefit from as much information as possible but it could be argued that sailing navigation and wind indicators are the essentials to skippers on sailboats. Depth finders and speed monitors might be seen as sailing frivolity, but any sailor would be happy to have these marine instruments in their electronics package.

Sailing into the wind

Technically there is no such thing. Sailing directly into the wind cuts down the angle and doesn't allow the sails to capture the wind, which propels the boat. Here's where sailing navigation tools and packages come into play. Wind indicators monitor the strength and direction of the wind while navigating correctly to capture the wind is essential.

How to navigate your cruise

Here's where depth finders, plotters, and temperature gauges become a more important part of your sailing navigation package. Cruising on your sailboat means less about wind and more about other boats, obstacles, and, of course, finding your way home. Defender Marine offers full sailboat navigation packages and multifunction marine electronics units for the family sailboat and the competitive team!

Instruments

Airmar Replacement Blanking Plug Assembly without Valve - 33-486-01

Garmin GNX Wind Instrument - 010-01142-30

Airmar 110WX WeatherStation Instrument - WS-110WX

Standard Horizon External GPS Antenna - SCU-38

Standard Horizon GPS Smart Antenna - SCU-31

Airmar ST800 Installation Kit - 20-410-01

Garmin Airmar T80 External Mount Water Temp Probe - 010-10717-20

Garmin Airmar DT800 Depth/Temperature Smart Sensor - 010-11105-00

Em-Trak GPS Antenna - 304-0055

Garmin Intelliducer NMEA 2000 Thru-Hull Transducer

B&G Sail Performance Sensor Pack - 000-15974-001

Faria Euro Black Depth Sounder

Airmar S300/ST300 Spare Paddlewheel Kit - 33-350-01

Airmar P65/ST69 Transducer Paddlewheel Kit - 33-398-01

Airmar NMEA 2000 Stainless Tilted Element Smart Sensor - 235 kHz

Davis Instruments Vantage Pro and EnviroMonitor Anemometer - 6410

Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Wireless Weather Station with Standard Radiation Shield and WeatherLink Console - 6252

Davis Instruments Vantage Vue Wireless Weather Station with WeatherLink Console - 6242

Digital Yacht EnvironLink NMEA 2000 Barometer & Marine Weather Station - ZDIGENVLINK

Garmin GST 43 Thru-Hull Speed/Temperature Transducer

Raymarine ST69 Transom-Mount Transducer - E26005

Airmar P17 Plastic Low-Profile Housing - 33-417

Airmar ST-650 Speed/Temperature Replacement Insert

Airmar ST850 Paddlewheel & Valve Kit - 33-536-01

B&G WS300/700 Series Wind Vane Assembly - 000-15144-001

Furuno GPS Navigator

Raymarine RSW Wired Replacement Wind Gateway - R70946

Digital Yacht GPS Sensor/Antenna - ZDIGGPS160

Airmar B120 Bronze Low-Profile Housing - 33-340-01

Airmar B122 Bronze Long Stem Retractable Housing - B122-HSG

Garmin GA 38 Cortex V1 & M1 GPS/GLONASS Antenna

Garmin gWind & GND 10 Replacement Propeller - 010-12117-08

Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Plus Weather Station with Fan Aspirated Radiation Shield and WeatherLink Console - 6263

Garmin GMI Wired Start Pack 52 - 010-01248-80

Garmin GDT 43 NMEA 2000 Depth & Temperature Transducer - 010-01749-10

Raymarine P79S In-Hull Smart Transducer

Faria Kronos Depth Sounder

Airmar ST300 Shorty Blanking Plug Assembly - 33-386-01

Airmar ST850 Blanking Plug Assembly - 33-522-01

Airmar SS571 Stainless Steel Replacement Stuffing Tube - 33-541-01

Digital Yacht DST810 NMEA2000 Triducer with BT Interface - ZDIGDST810

Humminbird HDR 650 In Dash Digital Depth Sounder - 407860-1

Raymarine RS150 GPS Antenna Pole Mount - A80370

Garmin gWind Mast Bracket - 010-12117-06

Raymarine Instrument Display Bezel - R22168

Raymarine P66 Transom-Mount Transducer - E26027-PZ

Airmar 110WX NMEA 0183/2000 WeatherStation - WS-110WX-RH

Airmar Bronze Thru-Hull High Precision Temperature Sensor - T42-A

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