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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

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

Simrad IS42 Speed/Depth Pack - 000-13293-001

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

Airmar NMEA 0183 Bronze Tilted Element Smart Sensor - 235 kHz

Davis Instruments Integrated Sensor Suite Plus with Standard Radiation Shield

Airmar CS4500 Ultrasonic Speed & Temperature Sensor

Airmar CS4500 Ultrasonic ST850 Style Insert - CS4500-850

B&G H5000 360 Analogue Wind Angle Display - 000-11714-001

B&G H5000 Analogue Magnified Apparent Wind Angle Display - 000-11718-001

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

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

Airmar NMEA 0183 Plastic Tilted Element Smart Sensor - 235 kHz

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

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 WS320 Wireless Wind Sensor - 000-14383-001

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

Veratron Ocean Link TFT Multifunction Display - 4.3" - A2C1352150001

Veratron AcquaLink Analog Wind Short Arm Sensor - A2C59501983

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

Furuno Long-Stemmed Wind Transducer - FI5001L

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

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

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

Furuno Remote Display - RD33

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

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

Veratron VDO Acqualink Carbon Triple Mast Bracket - B00028501

Airmar U200 NMEA 2000 to USB Gateway - WS2-USB

Furuno Bronze Long Stem Thru-Hull Depth/Temp NMEA 2000 Smart Sensor - 235-MSLF

Airmar NMEA 2000 Stainless Tilted Element Smart Sensor - 235 kHz

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

Oceanic Systems Poseidon Primary Display

B&G Triton2 Digital Display - 000-13294-001

B&G Instrument Display for H5000/Triton

Airmar B17-HP Thru-Hull High Precision Temperature Sensor - B17-S-TEMP

Airmar UST850 Ultrasonic Smart Sensor Insert - UST850-INS

Maretron N2KView Vessel Monitoring & Control Software - N2KVIEW

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

B&G WS310 Wind Sensor without Cable - 000-14391-001

Davis Instruments Sonic Anemometer - 6415

Veratron VDO NMEA 2000 Wind Sensor - A2C59501984

Furuno Bronze Thru-Hull Multisensor with 7" Stem - 525STID-MSD7

Airmar NMEA 2000 Bronze Tilted Element Smart Sensor - 235 kHz

Furuno Thru-Hull Digital Depth & Temperature Sensor

Digital Yacht WindSense Wifi Wind System - ZDIGWS

Furuno Wind Transducer - FI5001

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