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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

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

Airmar 300WX NMEA 0183/2000 RS422 WeatherStation

Airmar DST820 Smart Multisensor - DST820-PV-N2

Airmar 300WX NMEA 0183/2000 RS232 WeatherStation

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

B&G 213 Masthead Wind Sensor Unit - 213-00-002

B&G WS300 Wind Speed Bearing - 213-10-038

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

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

Furuno Thermal Recording Paper - AYTP0820B

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

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

Humminbird NMEA 2000 GPS Heading Sensor - 730029-1

Furuno GNSS GPS Receiver - GP340

Digital Yacht OneFix Precision L1/L5 GNSS System - ZDIGONEFIX

Spinlock Wireless Sense Mobile Load Cell

Sierra GPS Receiver - 68982P

Davis Instruments 4-Conductor Extension Cable

Davis Instruments Integrated Sensor Suite with Standard Radiation Shield

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

Davis Instruments 2-Wire Termination Temperature Probe - 6470

Davis Instruments RJ Connector Temperature Probe

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

Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Weather Station with Fan Aspirated Radiation Shield and WeatherLink Console - 6253

Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Plus Wireless Weather Station with Radiation Sensors and WeatherLink Console - 6262

Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Plus Weather Station with Fan Aspirated Radiation Shield and WeatherLink Console - 6263

Davis Instruments UV Radiation Sensor - 6490

Davis Instruments Sensor Mounting Shelf - 6673

Davis Instruments Vantage Pro and EnviroMonitor Anemometer - 6410

Davis Instruments Radiation Shield - 7714

Davis Instruments Sonic Anemometer - 6415

Davis Instruments Wireless Anemometer/Sensor Transmitter Kit - 6332

Davis Instruments Long Range Repeater with Solar Power - 7654

Davis Instruments Long Range Repeater Omni Antenna - 7656

Davis Instruments Long Range Repeater Yagi Antenna - 7660

Davis Instruments Standard Wireless Repeater with Solar Power - 7627

Davis Instruments Solar Radiation Sensor - 6450

Davis Instruments Daytime Fan Aspirated Radiation Shield Kit - 7747

Davis Instruments Vantage Vue Wireless Integrated Sensor Suite - 6357

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

Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Plus Sensor Suite Wireless Weather Station with Fan Aspirated Radiation Shield - 6328

Davis Instruments Weather Station Mounting Pole Kit - 7717

Davis Instruments WeatherLink Console - 6313

Raymarine RSW Wired Replacement Wind Transducer Mounting Plate - R70950

Raymarine RSW Wired Replacement Wind Transducer - R70941

Raymarine RSW Wired Replacement Wind Gateway - R70946

Raymarine RSW Wired Replacement Cups & Bearings - R70949

Scout GPS/GLONASS Antenna - 3" (7 cm) - NAV-6

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