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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 Wind Transmitter Battery Pack & Seal Kit - TA125

Standard Horizon GPS Smart Antenna - SCU-31

Veratron Ocean Link TFT Multifunction Display - 7" - A2C1865330001

Raymarine ST300/P371 Thru-Hull Low-Profile Shorty Transducer - E26008

Garmin GNX Marine Display Instrument

Veratron VDO NMEA 2000 Wind Sensor - A2C59501984

Raymarine ST950/P17 Speed and Temperature Transducer - E70687

Airmar Wiring Box with Screw Terminals - 33-035-BOX

Airmar NMEA 2000 Stainless Tilted Element Smart Sensor - 235 kHz

Furuno GNSS GPS Receiver - GP340

Maretron GPS Antenna/Receiver - GPS200-01

Raymarine B17 Thru-Hull Retractable Transducer - M78717

Raymarine ST60 Wind Transducer Service Kit - A28167

Davis Instruments WeatherLink Console - 6313

Raymarine Raystar RS150 GPS Sensor - E70310

Airmar Simrad P79 In-Hull Adjustable Angle Transducer - P79-BL

Lowrance Point-1 AP GPS and Heading Antenna - 000-12930-002

Raymarine i50 Speed System with ST900/P120 Retractable Speed/Temp Thru-Hull Transducers - T70583

Airmar UST850 Ultrasonic Smart Sensor Insert - UST850-INS

Garmin Airmar P79 In-Hull NMEA 2000 Smart Transducer - 010-11394-00

Airmar P617V Plastic Low-Profile Housing with Valve - 33-510-01

Raymarine DT800 Thru-Hull Tilted Element Smart Sensor - A22112

Faria Chesapeake White SS Depth Sounder

Airmar WeatherStation USB Interface Box - WS-USB

B&G WS300 Wind Vane Mast Cable - 000-14397-001

Raymarine Spade Connectors - Q085

Airmar Gen2 DST810/ST900/ST950 Replacement Paddlewheel - 33-HP-PADDLEWHEEL

Airmar P79 Replacement Mounting Base and Locking Ring - P79-FL

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

Raymarine P19 Thru-Hull Low Profile Tilted Element Transducer - M78713-PZ

Garmin GNX Large Format Marine Display Instrument

Airmar U200 NMEA 2000 to USB Gateway - WS2-USB

Em-Trak GPS Antenna - 304-0055

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

Raymarine i50 Speed Instrument Display - E70058

Raymarine Long-Arm Forward Wind Transducer - R28171

Raymarine ST Paddle Wheel Kit - R69015

Simrad DST-810 N2K Bronze Triducer Multisensor - 000-15736-001

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

Raymarine Alpha Performance Display Power Cable

Lowrance Fuel Flow Sensor - 000-11517-001

Furuno GPS/WAAS Navigator with GPS Antenna - GP39

Standard Horizon External GPS Antenna - SCU-38

Raymarine P7 Thru-Hull Low Profile Shorty Transducer - E26009

Faria Euro Black Depth Sounder

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

Airmar WeatherStation Humidity Sensor - WS-HUMIDITY

Furuno Remote Display - RD33

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