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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

Raymarine Raystar RS150 GPS Sensor - E70310

Raymarine Standard-Arm Forward Wind Transducer - R28170

Airmar DST810 Smart Multisensor

SI-TEX External GPS Antenna - MDA-1-ANT

Airmar UST850 Thru-Hull Ultrasonic Smart Multisensor

Airmar 200WX Apparent & True Wind WeatherStation Instrument - WS-200WX

Garmin gWind Transducer with GND 10 Black Box Bridge - 010-01227-00

Garmin gWind Wireless 2 Transducer - 010-01616-00

Raymarine Active Depth Temeperature Transducer - T914

Raymarine P79S In-Hull Smart Transducer

Maretron GPS Antenna/Receiver - GPS200-01

Furuno Airmar DST810 Smart Multi Sensor - DST-810MSF

Furuno DT-800 Bronze Depth/Temperature Thru-Hull Smart Sensor - DT-800MSF

Furuno GPS Antenna - GPA017

Furuno Long-Stemmed Wind Transducer - FI5001L

Furuno Weather Station - 200WX

Furuno WGPS/GPS Receiver - GP330B

Furuno Wind Transducer - FI5001

Raymarine B17 Thru-Hull Retractable Transducer - M78717

Raymarine ST800/B120 Thru-Hull Low Profile Transducer - M78716

Raymarine Standard-Arm Forward Wind Transducer - E22078

Airmar B122 Long Stem Thru-Hull Smart Multisensor - 235 kHz

Airmar ST850 NMEA 2000 Smart Speed & Temperature Sensor

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