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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 DST820 Smart Multisensor - DST820-PV-N2

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

B&G Wind Sensor Wind Speed Cups - 000-15140-001

Lowrance HOOK2 4x Inline Temperature Sensor - 000-14410-001

B&G 608 Wind Sensor - 000-13714-001

Furuno GNSS GPS Receiver - GP340

Sierra GPS Receiver - 68982P

Davis Instruments RJ Connector Temperature Probe

Raymarine RSW Wired Replacement Wind Transducer - R70941

Lowrance PDRT-WSU Pod Transducer with Remote Temperature Sensor - 000-0106-69

Raymarine RSW Wired Smart Wind Transducer - E70670

Simrad ST850 Speed/Temperature Sensor - 22098586

Furuno Wind Transducer with Cable - 30 m (98 5/8') - FI5001/30M

Furuno Plastic Transom Mount Multisensor - 525ST-PWC

Digital Yacht WND100 Wind Transducer - ZDIGWND100

Digital Yacht GPS160 Wireless Trinav GPS with WLN10 NMEA to WiFi Gateway - ZDIGGPS160WL

Digital Yacht GPS160 TriNav GPS Positioning Sensor with Furuno Output - ZDIGGPS160F

Digital Yacht GPS160 Trinav GPS with iKonvert NMEA2000 Interface Bundle - ZDIGGPS160N2K

Digital Yacht GPS160 Trinav GPS with SeaTalk1 to NMEA0183 Converter - ZDIGGPS160ST

Digital Yacht DST810 NMEA2000 Triducer with BT Interface - ZDIGDST810

Airmar ST800 Thru-Hull Speed & Temperature Sensor

Airmar ST800 NMEA 2000 Smart Speed & Temperature Sensor

Airmar ST850 Thru-Hull Speed & Temperature Sensor

Airmar ST850 NMEA 2000 Smart Speed & Temperature Sensor

Airmar 150WX NMEA 0183/2000 WeatherStation

Airmar 200WX NMEA 0183/2000 RS232 WeatherStation

Airmar D800 Plastic Retractable Thru-Hull Transducer - 170kHz - D800P-170-BG

Airmar S63 Transom Mount Speed Sensor - S63-0

Airmar P52 Transom Mount DST Triducer - P52-200-6G

Airmar P8 Retractable Shorty Series Depth Sensor - P8-200-0

Furuno Transom Speed/Temperature Sensor - 6-Pin - ST-01PTB

Airmar ST300 Thru-Hull Shorty Speed/Temperature Sensor - ST300-FISO

Airmar ST300 Replacement Insert - ST300-INS-0

Airmar 200WX NMEA 0183/2000 IPX7 WeatherStation - WS-200WX-RS422

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

Airmar 110WXS NMEA 0183/AG WeatherStation - WS-110WXS-RS232

Airmar 110WXS NMEA 0183/2000 WeatherStation - WS-110WXS-RS422

Airmar WeatherStation Humidity Sensor - WS-HUMIDITY

Airmar P39 Transom Mount Smart Triducer Multisensor - P39-235-N2

Airmar P39 Transom Mount Smart Sensor - P39-DT-N2

Airmar 150WX NMEA 0183/2000 WeatherStation - WS-150WX-RS232

Airmar 150WXS NMEA 0183/AG WeatherStation - WS-150WXS-RS232

Airmar 150WXS NMEA 0183/2000 WeatherStation - WS-150WXS-RS422

Airmar 200WX NMEA 0183/2000 IPX7 WeatherStation - WS-200WX-RS232-IPX7

Airmar P79 In-Hull Transducer - 235 kHz

Airmar P79 In-Hull Transducer - 200 kHz

Airmar ST-650 Speed/Temperature Replacement Insert

Airmar DX900+ Thru-Hull Smart Electromagnetic Speed Sensor - DX900-ST-0

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