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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

Veratron VDO Acqualink TFT Display - 7" - A2C59501997

Furuno Weather Station - 200WX

Airmar 110WX WeatherStation Instrument - WS-110WX

Garmin GNX Wired Sail Pack 52 - 010-01248-70

Garmin GNX Wireless Sail Pack 52 - 010-01616-40

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

Raymarine T075 Wireless Race Master System - T075-916

B&G Triton2 Speed/Depth Pack with DST810 Smart Sensor Transducer - 000-13298-002

Simrad IS42 Speed/Depth Pack with DST810 Smart Sensor Transducer - 000-13293-002

Airmar NMEA 0183 Stainless Tilted Element Smart Sensor - 235 kHz

Garmin GMI/GNX Wired Sail Pack 52 - 010-01248-90

Airmar GPS Sensor/Antenna - G2183-10

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

Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Sensor Suite Wireless Weather Station with Fan Aspirated Radiation Shield - 6323

B&G Instrument Display for H5000/Triton

Airmar NMEA 0183 Bronze Tilted Element Smart Sensor - 235 kHz

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

Raymarine i60 Wind System - E70150

Raymarine Wireless Maxi Display - T210

Maretron High-Resolution Color Display - 5.7" - DSM570-01

Garmin GNX Wired Sail Pack 43 - 010-01248-60

Garmin GNX Wireless Sail Pack 43 - 010-01616-30

Airmar CS4500 Ultrasonic ST850 Style Insert - CS4500-850

Garmin GNX Large Format Marine Display Instrument

Simrad IS42J Digital Engine Multi Gauge - NMEA 2000 Compatible - 000-14479-001

Airmar NMEA 0183 Plastic Tilted Element Smart Sensor - 235 kHz

Davis Instruments Integrated Sensor Suite with Standard Radiation Shield

Airmar UST800/850 NMEA 2000 Ultrasonic Processor - UST8-ECP

Raymarine RSW Wired Smart Wind Transducer - E70670

Raymarine i50 Tridata System with ST900/P120 and P319 Retractable Thru-Hull Transducers - T70582

B&G WS320 Wireless Wind Sensor - 000-14383-001

Veratron VDO Acqualink Carbon Triple Mast Bracket - B00028501

Furuno Bronze Thru-Hull Digital Depth & High-Precision Temp Sensor with 7" Stem & High Speed Block - 235DHT-LMSE

Davis Instruments Sonic Anemometer - 6415

B&G WS310 Wired Wind Sensor - 000-14843-001

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

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

B&G WS310 Wired Wind Sensor - 000-14382-001

Furuno Long-Stemmed Wind Transducer - FI5001L

Davis Instruments Long Range Repeater with Solar Power - 7654

Furuno Remote Display - RD33

B&G WS320 Wireless Wind Sensor - 000-14390-001

Veratron VDO NMEA 2000 Wind Sensor - A2C59501984

Raymarine Long-Arm Forward Wind Transducer - E22079

Davis Instruments Standard Wireless Repeater with Solar Power - 7627

Furuno Bronze Thru-Hull Digital Depth & High-Precision Temp Sensor - 235DHT-MSE

Digital Yacht iSeaSense Wireless Speed/Depth/Temperature Instrument Pack - ZDIGISSPK1

Airmar U200 NMEA 2000 to USB Gateway - WS2-USB

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