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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

Faria Thru-Hull Depth Transducer - SN2060A

Garmin GDT 43 Depth & Temperature Transducer - 010-01749-00

FLIR AX8/Dragonfly Free Standing Mount - R70375

Raymarine Thru-Hull Retractable Transducer - T912

Faria Dress White Depth Sounder

Davis Instruments Weather Station Mounting Pole Kit - 7717

Airmar P79 Replacement Screw Pack - P79-SCREWPACK

Airmar WeatherStation Cable Adapter - 04-564-03

Airmar 33-114 Spares Kit O-Ring - 09-145

Airmar B17/B617/DT800 Replacement Rubber Washer - 09-452

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

Airmar 33-108 Paddle Wheel Kit Replacement Shaft - 01-088-1

Airmar 33-113/33-114 Paddle Wheel Kit Replacement Shaft - 01-088-5

Airmar Snap-In Smart Sensor Cap - 20-386-03

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

Lowrance Fuel Data Manager - 000-11522-001

Faria Transom Mount Depth Transducer - SN2011

Garmin GNX Wind Instrument - 010-01142-30

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

Maretron Ultrasonic Wind and Weather Station - WSO200

B&G Instrument Display for H5000/Triton

Garmin gWind Race Transducer - 010-01228-00

Veratron LinkUp Intelligent Battery Sensor - B00043901

FLIR AX8 Ball & Socket Mount - 261-2319-00

Maretron N2KView Vessel Monitoring & Control Software - N2KVIEW

Furuno Long-Stemmed Wind Transducer - FI5001L

Furuno NMEA 2000 Plastic Thru-Hull Smart Digital Depth and Temp Sensor - DST-810PSF

Garmin GPS 19x HVS NMEA 0183 - 010-01010-00

Raymarine RSW Wired Replacement Cups & Bearings - R70949

Raymarine RSW Wired Replacement Wind Transducer Mounting Plate - R70950

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

Spinlock Wireless Sense Mobile Load Cell

Digital Yacht OneFix Precision L1/L5 GNSS System - ZDIGONEFIX

B&G 213 Wind Vane - 213-10-056

Raymarine ST900 Paddle Wheel Replacement Kit - R70961

Raymarine ST950 Paddle Wheel Replacement Kit - R70972

Airmar P66 Plastic Cover Assembly - 04-349-02

Airmar P32 Transom Mount DST Triducer - P32-200-VDO

Airmar Stuffing Tube Bushings - 20-488-01

Airmar ST650 Valve Assembly - 20-603

Airmar B55 Speed Only Thru-Hull Triducer Spare - 33-125

Airmar P8 Shorty Sensor Low-Profile Housing - 33-360-01

Airmar P398 Shorty Sensor Speed/Temperature Taper-Flush Housing - 33-444-02

Airmar NMEA 0183 Bronze Tilted Element Smart Sensor - 235 kHz

Airmar NMEA 0183 Plastic Tilted Element Smart Sensor - 235 kHz

Airmar NMEA 0183 Stainless Tilted Element Smart Sensor - 235 kHz

Airmar P79 In-Hull Transducer - 235 kHz

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

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