I am a power boater, but your video is so thorough and informative that I sat through the whole 40 minutes and learned a lot about the electronics that I should buy for my boat. Many thanks.
Excellent. I've sailed but rarely offshore. Mostly I watch a short list of cruiser videos. Each channel may or may not talk a bit about the electronics on board but yours is the most complete version. You did a great job of keeping things simple while exposing the complexity of these systems. Good job Tom. Thank you.
What a brilliant video. It's not easy to find a 'use case' explanation of all the electronics.. but here it is. I understand more after that 45mins or so than I could have surfing separate videos and watching them for days. Thumbs up and subscription.
So much to say... but to conclude: you satisfied my never ending curiosity, and it appears, you are a damn good person and can beat many movie actors. Thank you.
Well, I am learning a lot from your excellent video.....electronics generally is a complete mystery to me but the total fog that was my understanding of these matters is slowly shifting to a slightly less heavy mist. Many thanks for your time and delivery of this tutorial.
As a complete newbie in preparation for cruising in a couple of years. I absolutely loved your tutorial in this video. You gave me more base reasoning of each unit and it's particular function and importance than any I've seen in my search for this information. Thank you
@@robertalexander2478 I think they are noisy and dangerous, and don't belong on a moderate sized cruising boat. They made sense before solar (and hydro) became more economical. I don't know how owners put up with the whirring sound day and night; it sure takes away the charm of an otherwise quiet anchorage for their neighbors. And multiple blades spinning at high rpms not far from lines and possibly appendages scares the heck out of me. So, yes, they get a thumbs down from me!
Gosh, I am so glad I happened across this video and your channel. I have needed to more fully understand how these nav aids work together and why it's better to have them onboard. You have a real tutoring gift that makes it easy to follow and understand complex stuff like this subject.....thank you taking the time! My next run thru this I will be taking notes and logging the subjects timeline for a quick reference on this and your solar panel system video......
I'm a sailing student, studying for my ASA 103 and found your video and style of explaining your electronic equipment to be among the best I've seen yet. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with the sailing community. I'm an enthusiastic subscriber.
My dear sailing student, all this electronics are useless if you run out of electricity and don't know about working with the good old and reliable nautical charts.
I'm getting ready to completely update an older boat. This video has been extremely helpful in preparing me to ask the right questions relative to this endeavor. Most appreciated!
Thank for explaining this navigation system, I appreciate this. I flew aircraft a long time ago. I would like to gain some practical experience with all of this information. Once again thank you. Kiwi
Tom that was an excellent review of basic electronics necessary for safe navigation. As a retired Navy Captain and Merchant Marine Captain I was impressed! Well done. Did you also learn how to use a sextant and take LOP's? Also remember Loran and Omega ? What a wonderful world we have now. Thank you
that was one of the most fascinating videos I've seen. and I've just learnt that I like old. Old means its reliable. I can watch videos about charts all day I really like watching them. I didn't like that flickering screen that would make me feel ill. but the rest was really good. I was watching a man this morning and he was saying how he liked self steering because the electric is less likely to get damaged on that. it was a well presented presentation
That would be the best explanation I have ever heard on boating electronics, I appreciated it so much I have played numerous times now. Thank you from Australia.
Excellent video! This is the first time I have seen anyone give such a thorough treatment to Nav equipment and how it integrates. NMEA GPS, AIS, WiFi, etc. Have all been a complete cloud of mystery to me. Thanks for Explaining it in such a way that I could actually understand it! Great video and .... Subscribed!
Like taking a college course in cruiser electronics and navigation equipment! Thanks so much. (It also showed me just how many dishes I had to wash; was still rinsing the last few when the video finished. ). )
Great video, just great.... Electronics on a boat , especially any older boat, and upgrading the same, are a maze... Thanks for showing this. Things are so powerful, expensive, and changing so rapidly , that it is hard to know what to do W Thanks so much.... Ed
Edward Finn Thanks Edward. You are right that electronics are changing fast. It’s hard to know when to buy for fear next month there’ll be something faster, cheaper, or more glitzy. But hopefully you saw in the video that you can marry old and new successfully. Fair winds!
I've watched many of your videos under your 47's site and have always gleaned great information from them. I grew up on Lake Erie as a power boater running from both Ashtabula or Geneva State Park to Sandusky (Cedar Point), Vermillion, or Toledo Yacht Club. I remember the first time I did the Wellend, but also boated on the Ohio River & into PA as well. I find your video's more helpful than most cruisers are providing. I'm in the process of making the switch to sailing - time to slow it down a bit and explore different parts of this world. I like your approach to sharing what you've already learned first hand. Great video - keep them coming! Fair Winds
This was a very good video. Electronics are so complicated, so it was nice to see what someone else was using and the good and bad about it. The multiplex was a great piece of information. I wanted to add that we also have the same autohelm. At one point it stopped being able to "take the helm" and kept giving us an error. We determined the motor's brushes must be worn out, but when we took it apart, they were still fine. We cleaned the copper coils completely and it works just like new. Our whole system is Raymarine and 20 years old, but it uses the NAMEA system. The Radar is broken and the chartplotter displays are shot so an iPad with a wifi Radar is the direction we are going, so your video was very useful! Thank you.
Hi Marina. Glad you got value out of the video, and thanks for the tip on fixing the Raymarine autopilot. It was one of the more reliable pieces of gear on Thalia, but in time everything seems to wear out! And yes the multiplexer is a value add-on, and a necessity if you plan to use an iPad for navigation. Good luck with your transition of gear.
Your reasoning for the repeater above the companionway was new and very useful to me. I'd always hated that because for my eyes it was a useless distance from the helm. But when crewing I'm always in the helm's way, leaning over and craning my neck at the helm to see the info. So you made the connection for me and converted me to your preference. There should be enough for the helmsman at the helm and the repeaters then positioned for the crew.
Very nice. I’m a sailor and know all this but I still enjoyed your easygoing intellectual approach. I was actually making almond cookies as I listened. I don’t think you explained that you can create a waypoint a thousand miles away rather than a heading and the autopilot will adjust for being blown or pushed by current to the left or right (called being set). You can also use the instruments to manually steer with a way point set and see if heading up into the wind or running lower gets you to your waypoint faster. Sometimes going slower gets you there faster if at the end you can turn lower into the wind. As in a race. I know that is not the thrust of your video but it’s pretty darn nifty. The first time I ventured out to sea was from the mouth of the Chesapeake to Virgin Gorda along w Steve Black’s Caribbean 1500 (RIP, he was a marvelous man). About a day and a half out the autopilot started zigging right and left and dramatic arcs. My tendency was to turn it off. My experienced mate said, “Don’t. It’s figuring something out. “. He was right. It stopped doing that after less than a minute and changed heading a teeny bit. I found the thing it had the hardest time with was what you described, though not completely. It has trouble anticipating FOLLOWING sea waves that unless you take preemptive impeccably timed counter steering to prevent wild yaw, you’ll yaw like crazy. Such a place is the cut between John and Thomas heading north to Jost. The rollers are 12 feet high and sweep beneath your boat. A lot of Sailor’s cannot handle that. I had on board a client and his accomplished guitarist son. Who had never sailed. I explained what I was doing, he begged to take the helm, and he did it flawlessly. It’s all about rhythm. He was rhythmic. Anyway, very nice video. My navionics were old. They worked. Whenever I thought about upgrading I thought about Christopher Columbus.
Thanks Robert for your stories. Indeed an autopilot is an incredible piece of equipment. We sailed in the carib 1500 when Steve black was running it too, in fact the year he passed. Great person. Take care!
Simply the best i've seen and really helpful. It's been over 40 years since I have done any sailing and I can't believe the changes and upgrades. I look forward to seeing your other videos.
thanks so much for showing what you have, why you use it, and how the instrument work. I have inherited an older navigation network and some items don't talk. I want to install NEMA 2000 as you referenced. The IPAD is a great idea. thanks
New sailor as well, cant thank you enough for sharing this info. Very helpful and informative, easy to understand all your explanations. Thanks and stay safe.
I am just getting started in my sailing adventure/life and this video was super helpful to expose me to all the intricacies of knowledge and equipment that I might encounter. Well done and appreciated. Fair winds and following seas.
awesome cool video, we just bought our new sailing vessel... and this video helps us a lot ... thx for making it so good understanding... greetings from zeeland, netherlands.
You Have ''Takin the time''And Because Of It,you Are A Ver Good Teacher.It would Be A much Better world,If everybody slowed down,Like you and took the time,''to Do It right,and you Sir,Just Nailed It.I could Listen to you Foe A Long time.Much thank's,Buddy*
You've done a super job of explaining everything and I'm greatly appreciate it ...as somebody that doesn't know anything about it ....I know a lot more now... and I know what questions to ask.... thanks
Thanks that was an excellent video on electronics. Technology has changed so much over the last few decades and your video allows us to much better understand what is available today. I was originally trained in the Navy with a sextant and navigation gear which compared to today's equipment was ancient. My sailboat in the 1980's just had a depth sounder and a vhf radio and so I just used paper charts in west coast sailing. So there was a different approach to navigation and ship handling back then. We still have the same COLREGS but I can see how there is much more emphasis on the electronic world in cruising today. My biggest concern would be offshore sailing where for some reason the electronic systems stopped working. But thanks for helping me better understand today's technology! Very well done!!
Great, glad you found it helpful Ron. My first cruising experience was on a boat with only a compass and depthsounder. Simple, but probably not to safe! It's nice to have the modern electronics onboard but your comment is a good reminder that we all need to have backups in place and to be familiar with how to use them. Fair winds!
Thanks very much for a very comprehensive overview. I particularly liked your overview of the AIS. Im down here in Australia and about to bring my Hans Christian 38 "Starshine" back into survey and so the array of equipment PLUS where you have located above and below deck makes sense...greatly appreciated!!! (Trevor Gunning SV Starshine)
Thanks Trevor! Glad you got value out of the AIS info and good look with the survey. Things are winding down here in the northern hemisphere... A little jealous that your season's just starting! Fair winds.
This one video has more useful info than 10 others!! Thanks for sharing..Im thinking about getting a sailboat next year when I retire. Have a small power boat now. A+
Thanks Bob, glad it was helpful. And thanks for subscribing. Being land bound this winter, we will have limited videos coming out, but we will get back into posting content in the spring.
Thank you for the clearest walk through I’ve seen to date, Your obviously at the established end of the scale while we are just beginning. At least we are aware of all the component parts of a cruiser set up Great job needless to say we will subscribe
Thanks John, glad you got something out of it. We are starting up again with new weekly releases of videos, a mix of our cruising destinations and how-to content. Fair winds!
Excellent condensed overview of boat systems, video is overshadowed by almost intolerable sound quality. Builtin mics often wreck stellar videos like this.
You were sailing in my neck of the woods! Presque Isle! Alpena is also a great town to visit. Nothing in Presque Isle except good people and a good restaurant at the safe harbor. Locals will provide rides to town if needed, especially for the merchant mariners from Stoneport. I miss living there. Check out both the lighthouses, lots of history there.
Cool video for sure. I think i need to brush up on my volts, amps and watts before I set up any solar array. I don't recall what class that was physic, chemistry, math or all three?? Good thing for TH-cam because I don't have my old school books and the library is closed today. :-) Even in the two years since this video, I am sure there are many more options.
If you are planning a solar array, you might check out our video on that topic ('Tips for Cruising with Solar', th-cam.com/video/zh-u9giyP2A/w-d-xo.html) where we go into even more detail on volts, amps, and watts ;)
Thank you Stephan. I added a couple of corner straps for the bottom, and a thin velcro piece across the top, all screwed into the navpod. It was all in a lifeproof water proof case. That was several years ago, and likely there is something pre-made that could work better for mounting. Good luck!
Informative video, thanks! I have on my boat some of the older electronics you cover here, including an old Furuno that barely works. I also have the same auto pilot but need to test it more under sail to see the effect on battery charge. Question: When sailing with auto pilot, is your solar charge sufficient for keeping batteries up? Do you AP at night?
Hello Peter. We do navigate at night at times. The autopilot (together with refrigeration and navigation gear) does take a lot of power. It depends on a lot of factors, such as the size of your solar array, the sea state, and weather. We find that with a sunny day beforehand, we have enough power to last through the night navigating on autopilot in a moderate sea, but will require a mostly sunny day the next day to replenish the energy. Good luck!
Hi Richard. Yes she is a blue water boat. We brought her from the Atlantic side to the Great Lakes to see some new sights, but she and her sister vessels have sailed throughout the world.
Hi Randy. It's a standard iPad (not the Air or Pro). At the time we bought it, you had to buy the cellular version to get GPS, although you don't need to activate a cellular plan. Only that version, not the wifi-only version, had built in gps. You might check the Apple site to confirm the latest.
Roger Kerkmann Thanks Roger. That unit is the full thermostat control unit and yes I agree it is good to have it visible. If there’s ever a problem with the fridge unit, you’ll know right away.
Great video explaining all the Electronic details. At 9:35 why have you attached extra ferrite cores to the Cables? Is the unit prone to picking up RF/HF from your radio transmissions? Cheers from Sweden
Hi sm6wet. Yes those ferrites are there to prevent the autopilot from getting noise from the SSB radio. If you have an SSB, it is good idea to get a bag of ferrites - very helpful on other radios, fridge compressors, other electronics, even fluorescent light fixtures. Some people go crazy with putting them everywhere, but I tried to focus on the main noise generating or sensitivity electronics gear. Good luck!
What kind of range do you get from your cell and wifi antenna? And what kind of bandwidth do you see at what distances? I realize you probably haven't spread sheeted this, but a rough idea would be very helpful! thanks.
Hi Harrison. In brief, I can say that the range and bandwidth were highly variable. I checked bandwidth regularly with SpeedTest and, after we switched carriers from Tmobile to AT&T, the former of which has poor coverage outside of large urban areas, we got download speeds in the 15-20mbps. Oddly, the bandwidth could suffer when we were around alot of other boats, so I wondered if interference was an issue. Range on cellular, across open water, was several miles or more - hard to judge range closer to land as I didn't know where the cell tower was. For wifi, although we could pickup signal with reasonable strength from about 1/4 mile away, I found the connection unstable. It was best within 500-1000 ft. Again, it also seemed to be affected in areas of heavy wifi or many boats. Hope this helps.
your video is awesome, it's a lot of useful information, but i am a little confuse. if the AIS is already transmitting the NMEA data over wifi why you need also the MINIPLEX 3WI ?
Hi Cesarmanwolf. Good question. If all we needed over wifi was the AIS data, we could just use the Vesper Marine unit. But I wanted to broadcast wifi with other non-AIS data, like wind, depth, and speed. Since mobile devices can only have one active wifi connection at a time, if you want all of the data at once, a wifi multiplexer is needed. The multiplexer has the added benefit of being able to connect and share NMEA data over hardwire connections to the other instruments onboard. I like to have some redundancy onboard too, so if the Miniplex multiplexer fails, we could use the Vesper wifi as a backup connection. Good luck!
Thanks Mark, glad you liked it. Yes I think it is the reality of many boats these days where you have a mix of old and new tech. And what is new becomes old very quickly! We greatly benefited from using an iPad but there are times when it is still nice to have a traditional chart plotter to fall back on. Fair winds!
I'll stick to my practically ancient Seiwa Mako monochrome chartplotter in the cockpit. The iPad and iNavX make a good backup but not something I want to deal with in the cockpit when the going gets rough. It barely works at all when my hands are wet and I am on my fourth iPad since 2007 even though it is only used as a backup. On two the screen broke and the other the battery died and would not run even when plugged into USB. By shopping around it is very easy to find a very good older chartplotter that will cost a mere fraction of what a new iPad cost.
I'm a newbie (too) and can't get my head around how you get wifi to the iPad. If I'm half way across the Atlantic, I would think the only kit picking up a signal would be the sat phone. So how do you get iNav software to work in real time miles from anywhere? I sort of understand how the Wirie system works near shore, but still can't grasp how it can get a strong signal. Please advise.
Hi George. The Wirie system was setup for near shore cell/wifi reception, not sat phone use. But you can still use iNavX offshore. As long as either your ipad has a gps receiver, or it is receiving gps data from your boat's local wifi network (e.g. from the boat's main GPS/chartplotter unit), then you will see your position on the iNavX screen and can navigate. This assumes that you have also downloaded whatever offshore iNavX charts you need, before you depart. Hope this helps.
Good morning I am looking in purchasing the 440 i was wondering if you had in-mast main and if so how it performs in light winds there seems to be a big difference in squared footage
Hello Jean. Yes we do have the in-mast furling for the mainsail. You do lose some volume (and sail shape) versus the battened sail, but for us, it is so much easier and safer to reef, that it is worth it. It is a tradeoff, and perfect for the extended cruising we do. I think we sail more than others because we also don't have to debate hoisting the sail each time. We also bought and use a Code 0 for light wind days. Ofcourse, it does not help while beating upwind on a light day, but for all other points of sail, we feel we have a solution for the smaller mainsail size.
Hi William. She is for sale, FYI, through Navy Point Yacht Sales. www.navypointyachtsales.com/boats-for-sale/1989-jeanneau-sun-kiss-47-sackets-harbor-new-york-united-states-6385163/
I am a power boater, but your video is so thorough and informative that I sat through the whole 40 minutes and learned a lot about the electronics that I should buy for my boat. Many thanks.
Thanks Bob, glad you got value out of it!
Excellent. I've sailed but rarely offshore. Mostly I watch a short list of cruiser videos. Each channel may or may not talk a bit about the electronics on board but yours is the most complete version. You did a great job of keeping things simple while exposing the complexity of these systems. Good job Tom. Thank you.
Thanks for the kind words John! Glad you enjoyed it.
What a brilliant video. It's not easy to find a 'use case' explanation of all the electronics.. but here it is. I understand more after that 45mins or so than I could have surfing separate videos and watching them for days. Thumbs up and subscription.
Thanks John, appreciate it!
So much to say... but to conclude: you satisfied my never ending curiosity, and it appears, you are a damn good person and can beat many movie actors. Thank you.
Haha - thank you!!
Well, I am learning a lot from your excellent video.....electronics generally is a complete mystery to me but the total fog that was my understanding of these matters is slowly shifting to a slightly less heavy mist. Many thanks for your time and delivery of this tutorial.
Glad to help!
As a complete newbie in preparation for cruising in a couple of years. I absolutely loved your tutorial in this video. You gave me more base reasoning of each unit and it's particular function and importance than any I've seen in my search for this information. Thank you
Glad it was helpful to you Mark. Good luck in your preparations and I hope you greatly enjoy your cruise.
mark graves You took the words right out of my mouth!!! I wish I could thank him personally! Totallly subscribed!Excellent work!!! Thankyou Sir
Thank you!
@@LifeFourPointZero Thankyou!!! Any opinion on the windvane
@@robertalexander2478 I think they are noisy and dangerous, and don't belong on a moderate sized cruising boat. They made sense before solar (and hydro) became more economical. I don't know how owners put up with the whirring sound day and night; it sure takes away the charm of an otherwise quiet anchorage for their neighbors. And multiple blades spinning at high rpms not far from lines and possibly appendages scares the heck out of me. So, yes, they get a thumbs down from me!
Gosh, I am so glad I happened across this video and your channel. I have needed to more fully understand how these nav aids work together and why it's better to have them onboard. You have a real tutoring gift that makes it easy to follow and understand complex stuff like this subject.....thank you taking the time! My next run thru this I will be taking notes and logging the subjects timeline for a quick reference on this and your solar panel system video......
Thanks again Ed. Take care!
I'm a sailing student, studying for my ASA 103 and found your video and style of explaining your electronic equipment to be among the best I've seen yet. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with the sailing community. I'm an enthusiastic subscriber.
Glad you liked the video Tony, and good luck with your studies!
My dear sailing student, all this electronics are useless if you run out of electricity and don't know about working with the good old and reliable nautical charts.
I'm getting ready to completely update an older boat. This video has been extremely helpful in preparing me to ask the right questions relative to this endeavor. Most appreciated!
Glad you found it informative Christopher. Good luck with your project!
Thank for explaining this navigation system, I appreciate this. I flew aircraft a long time ago. I would like to gain some practical experience with all of this information. Once again thank you. Kiwi
Thanks Denys! If you've used avionics before, learning this kind of gear should come easily to you. Good luck.
Tom that was an excellent review of basic electronics necessary for safe navigation. As a retired Navy Captain and Merchant Marine Captain I was impressed! Well done. Did you also learn how to use a sextant and take LOP's? Also remember Loran and Omega ? What a wonderful world we have now. Thank you
Thanks Terry. Yes years ago I used a sextant and LORAN, but it’s sure convenient to have GPS now. Take care!
that was one of the most fascinating videos I've seen. and I've just learnt that I like old. Old means its reliable. I can watch videos about charts all day I really like watching them. I didn't like that flickering screen that would make me feel ill. but the rest was really good. I was watching a man this morning and he was saying how he liked self steering because the electric is less likely to get damaged on that. it was a well presented presentation
Thanks Bobbie, glad you liked it. Yes we tried to edit the flickering screen but it's challenging to clean it up. Good luck!
That would be the best explanation I have ever heard on boating electronics, I appreciated it so much I have played numerous times now. Thank you from Australia.
You're very welcome Geoffrey!
Glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback!
Excellent video! This is the first time I have seen anyone give such a thorough treatment to Nav equipment and how it integrates. NMEA GPS, AIS, WiFi, etc. Have all been a complete cloud of mystery to me. Thanks for Explaining it in such a way that I could actually understand it! Great video and .... Subscribed!
Thanks, and I'm glad it helped to uncloud some of the mysteries for you!
Like taking a college course in cruiser electronics and navigation equipment! Thanks so much. (It also showed me just how many dishes I had to wash; was still rinsing the last few when the video finished. ). )
Thanks! Glad we could help you with your multi-tasking!
Great video, just great....
Electronics on a boat , especially any older boat, and upgrading the same, are a maze...
Thanks for showing this.
Things are so powerful, expensive, and changing so rapidly , that it is hard to know what to do
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Thanks so much....
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Edward Finn Thanks Edward. You are right that electronics are changing fast. It’s hard to know when to buy for fear next month there’ll be something faster, cheaper, or more glitzy. But hopefully you saw in the video that you can marry old and new successfully. Fair winds!
I've watched many of your videos under your 47's site and have always gleaned great information from them. I grew up on Lake Erie as a power boater running from both Ashtabula or Geneva State Park to Sandusky (Cedar Point), Vermillion, or Toledo Yacht Club. I remember the first time I did the Wellend, but also boated on the Ohio River & into PA as well. I find your video's more helpful than most cruisers are providing. I'm in the process of making the switch to sailing - time to slow it down a bit and explore different parts of this world. I like your approach to sharing what you've already learned first hand. Great video - keep them coming! Fair Winds
Thanks Cal. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Lake Erie has some great boating spots for sure and yes you will enjoy the slowing down of sailing.
This was a very good video. Electronics are so complicated, so it was nice to see what someone else was using and the good and bad about it. The multiplex was a great piece of information. I wanted to add that we also have the same autohelm. At one point it stopped being able to "take the helm" and kept giving us an error. We determined the motor's brushes must be worn out, but when we took it apart, they were still fine. We cleaned the copper coils completely and it works just like new. Our whole system is Raymarine and 20 years old, but it uses the NAMEA system. The Radar is broken and the chartplotter displays are shot so an iPad with a wifi Radar is the direction we are going, so your video was very useful! Thank you.
Hi Marina. Glad you got value out of the video, and thanks for the tip on fixing the Raymarine autopilot. It was one of the more reliable pieces of gear on Thalia, but in time everything seems to wear out! And yes the multiplexer is a value add-on, and a necessity if you plan to use an iPad for navigation. Good luck with your transition of gear.
Your reasoning for the repeater above the companionway was new and very useful to me. I'd always hated that because for my eyes it was a useless distance from the helm. But when crewing I'm always in the helm's way, leaning over and craning my neck at the helm to see the info. So you made the connection for me and converted me to your preference.
There should be enough for the helmsman at the helm and the repeaters then positioned for the crew.
Very nice. I’m a sailor and know all this but I still enjoyed your easygoing intellectual approach. I was actually making almond cookies as I listened. I don’t think you explained that you can create a waypoint a thousand miles away rather than a heading and the autopilot will adjust for being blown or pushed by current to the left or right (called being set). You can also use the instruments to manually steer with a way point set and see if heading up into the wind or running lower gets you to your waypoint faster. Sometimes going slower gets you there faster if at the end you can turn lower into the wind. As in a race. I know that is not the thrust of your video but it’s pretty darn nifty. The first time I ventured out to sea was from the mouth of the Chesapeake to Virgin Gorda along w Steve Black’s Caribbean 1500 (RIP, he was a marvelous man). About a day and a half out the autopilot started zigging right and left and dramatic arcs. My tendency was to turn it off. My experienced mate said, “Don’t. It’s figuring something out. “. He was right. It stopped doing that after less than a minute and changed heading a teeny bit. I found the thing it had the hardest time with was what you described, though not completely. It has trouble anticipating FOLLOWING sea waves that unless you take preemptive impeccably timed counter steering to prevent wild yaw, you’ll yaw like crazy. Such a place is the cut between John and Thomas heading north to Jost. The rollers are 12 feet high and sweep beneath your boat. A lot of Sailor’s cannot handle that. I had on board a client and his accomplished guitarist son. Who had never sailed. I explained what I was doing, he begged to take the helm, and he did it flawlessly. It’s all about rhythm. He was rhythmic. Anyway, very nice video. My navionics were old. They worked. Whenever I thought about upgrading I thought about Christopher Columbus.
Thanks Robert for your stories. Indeed an autopilot is an incredible piece of equipment. We sailed in the carib 1500 when Steve black was running it too, in fact the year he passed. Great person. Take care!
One of the best tutorial videos about boat gear and nav instruments..... thanks for spending the time.
Thanks Hector, your welcome. Fair winds!
Simply the best i've seen and really helpful. It's been over 40 years since I have done any sailing and I can't believe the changes and upgrades. I look forward to seeing your other videos.
Thanks Putttn!
Very good info. As an engineer (EE) I'm happy that I watched to see what your setup is like. Thanks!
Thanks Sail Before Sunset. Sometimes it takes an engineer-oriented mind (IE) to puzzle these boat electronics out!
thanks so much for showing what you have, why you use it, and how the instrument work. I have inherited an older navigation network and some items don't talk. I want to install NEMA 2000 as you referenced. The IPAD is a great idea. thanks
New sailor as well, cant thank you enough for sharing this info. Very helpful and informative, easy to understand all your explanations. Thanks and stay safe.
Great to hear, and good luck with your start in sailing!
I am just getting started in my sailing adventure/life and this video was super helpful to expose me to all the intricacies of knowledge and equipment that I might encounter. Well done and appreciated. Fair winds and following seas.
Glad you liked it and good luck on your plans.
one of the most thorough and informative vids im ever seen on this subject thank u
Thanks!
By far the best video walktrough by far. Thanks so much!
Thank you for the positive comment!
You have a great setup. Very clean. Awesome vid!
Thanks dxwhy!
awesome cool video, we just bought our new sailing vessel... and this video helps us a lot ... thx for making it so good understanding... greetings from zeeland, netherlands.
Glad you found it helpful. Enjoy your new boat. We were in the Netherlands and the Baltic Sea this summer...you are in a beautiful part of the world!
You Have ''Takin the time''And Because Of It,you Are A Ver Good Teacher.It would Be A much Better world,If everybody slowed down,Like you and took the time,''to Do It right,and you Sir,Just Nailed It.I could Listen to you Foe A Long time.Much thank's,Buddy*
Thanks for the positive feedback FiddleStick!
You've done a super job of explaining everything and I'm greatly appreciate it ...as somebody that doesn't know anything about it ....I know a lot more now... and I know what questions to ask.... thanks
That was useful and I enjoyed the low key aspect of the whole thing.
Really useful and very kind of you to put this all together...!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for the thorough walk through!! Another great video!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video ! I just bought a 26 for Carver and this has given me a lot of ideas to upgrade my boat. Great Job!
Glad it helped Noah. Good luck with the new purchase!
Learned a lot. Thank you for taking the time.
Your welcome!
Thanks that was an excellent video on electronics. Technology has changed so much over the last few decades and your video allows us to much better understand what is available today. I was originally trained in the Navy with a sextant and navigation gear which compared to today's equipment was ancient. My sailboat in the 1980's just had a depth sounder and a vhf radio and so I just used paper charts in west coast sailing. So there was a different approach to navigation and ship handling back then. We still have the same COLREGS but I can see how there is much more emphasis on the electronic world in cruising today. My biggest concern would be offshore sailing where for some reason the electronic systems stopped working. But thanks for helping me better understand today's technology! Very well done!!
Great, glad you found it helpful Ron. My first cruising experience was on a boat with only a compass and depthsounder. Simple, but probably not to safe! It's nice to have the modern electronics onboard but your comment is a good reminder that we all need to have backups in place and to be familiar with how to use them. Fair winds!
Great informative video. Nice clean wire job behind the breaker panel.
Thanks Andrew! Happy sailing!
Hello Tom
Grateful you took time to record this content. I learned new things from this video. Regards, Chris
Hi Chris. Glad you liked it and that you learned something. Fair winds!
Thanks very much for a very comprehensive overview. I particularly liked your overview of the AIS. Im down here in Australia and about to bring my Hans Christian 38 "Starshine" back into survey and so the array of equipment PLUS where you have located above and below deck makes sense...greatly appreciated!!! (Trevor Gunning SV Starshine)
Thanks Trevor! Glad you got value out of the AIS info and good look with the survey. Things are winding down here in the northern hemisphere... A little jealous that your season's just starting! Fair winds.
WOW! Thanks for the information! I am new to sailing and this video was the best explanation of major sailing gear! Thanks again for sharing!
Your welcome Terrill! Good luck in your start to sailing.
This one video has more useful info than 10 others!! Thanks for sharing..Im thinking about getting a sailboat next year when I retire. Have a small power boat now. A+
Thanks! Good luck on the purchase plans.
Absolutely fantastic video mate, Thank you very much for this. I really enjoyed it. Subscribed. Warm regards from across the Ocean (UK), DP.
Glad you found it helpful, DP!
thanks so much for taking all of the time for future planners to get serious practical info. Subscribed
Thanks Bob, glad it was helpful. And thanks for subscribing. Being land bound this winter, we will have limited videos coming out, but we will get back into posting content in the spring.
Thank you for the clearest walk through I’ve seen to date,
Your obviously at the established end of the scale while we are just beginning.
At least we are aware of all the component parts of a cruiser set up
Great job needless to say we will subscribe
Thanks John, glad you got something out of it. We are starting up again with new weekly releases of videos, a mix of our cruising destinations and how-to content. Fair winds!
Thank you so much! Excellent tutorial and very timely for many of us.
Thank you Enrique!
GREAT video. Excellent review and very useful information. Thank you!
You are welcome - thanks for watching.
Excellent video from a 35 year avionics technician!
Thanks, and you would know! Take care.
That was very informative and useful. Thanks a lot
Glad it was helpful!
thanks for this very informative video. big help to me and hope to see more of that sort.
Thanks Klaus, glad you liked it. There will be more coming in the future!
Great; Amazing video! Thank Captain 👨✈️. Please continue/resume making videos. You’re great at it! Please!!!
Thanks so much - lots more in the queue!
Excellent condensed overview of boat systems, video is overshadowed by almost intolerable sound quality. Builtin mics often wreck stellar videos like this.
You were sailing in my neck of the woods! Presque Isle! Alpena is also a great town to visit. Nothing in Presque Isle except good people and a good restaurant at the safe harbor. Locals will provide rides to town if needed, especially for the merchant mariners from Stoneport. I miss living there. Check out both the lighthouses, lots of history there.
Yes - that was a great area!
Excellently done quite impressed. I'm sorry I didn't find you earlier.
Thanks - glad you found it informative.
great vid, great comprehensive description on instruments
Glad you liked it!
Very, very helpful. Thank you.
Thanks SlowCarToChina, glad you found it informative!
thank you very much for this wonderful walk through . learned a lot.k
Glad you found it helpful Klaus!
Very helpful! Thanks for your clear and thorough explanations.
Thanks for the feedback and I'm glad you liked it!
what a nice video well done keep them coming, stay safe be happy.
Thanks Andy!
Excellent work. Very informative. Many thanks.
Excelent contribution to get a better knowledge about navigation. Tks man.
We are glad you got value out of it. Fair Winds!
As a wannabee live aboard, this is one of, if not the, most informatieve video’s i have seen
Thanks Willem! You'll enjoy the live aboard life. Best of luck to you!
Very well explained thank you
You are welcome!
Great video. Very informative and methodical. Amazing rig with high level of performance. Fair winds, Thanks
Thanks Peter for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it!
Cool video for sure. I think i need to brush up on my volts, amps and watts before I set up any solar array. I don't recall what class that was physic, chemistry, math or all three?? Good thing for TH-cam because I don't have my old school books and the library is closed today. :-)
Even in the two years since this video, I am sure there are many more options.
If you are planning a solar array, you might check out our video on that topic ('Tips for Cruising with Solar', th-cam.com/video/zh-u9giyP2A/w-d-xo.html) where we go into even more detail on volts, amps, and watts ;)
Really nice cruising boat you have. You have it made.
Thanks ebrios2. Yes she's a fine craft!
Great video. Very helpful.
Thanks chahn!
Maybe asked before but good video as much comments...
How have you attached the i-pad in case to the nav pod?
Clips into a frame??
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Thanks
Thank you Stephan. I added a couple of corner straps for the bottom, and a thin velcro piece across the top, all screwed into the navpod. It was all in a lifeproof water proof case. That was several years ago, and likely there is something pre-made that could work better for mounting. Good luck!
Brilliant video - thank you.
Thanks, Tom, you are welcome!
Really helpful video. Love your boat. One day soon I'll be on my sailboat
Thanks Gordon!
Thanks for sharing your experience and ideas.
Your very welcome!
A well done video. I appreciate the thoroughness. Thanks!
Thanks Ron, I appreciate the positive feedback.
" Thank you so much" I got major informative of nav aids.
Glad you liked it Thet!
Awesome video
Thanks Raymond!
Informative video, thanks! I have on my boat some of the older electronics you cover here, including an old Furuno that barely works. I also have the same auto pilot but need to test it more under sail to see the effect on battery charge. Question: When sailing with auto pilot, is your solar charge sufficient for keeping batteries up? Do you AP at night?
Hello Peter. We do navigate at night at times. The autopilot (together with refrigeration and navigation gear) does take a lot of power. It depends on a lot of factors, such as the size of your solar array, the sea state, and weather. We find that with a sunny day beforehand, we have enough power to last through the night navigating on autopilot in a moderate sea, but will require a mostly sunny day the next day to replenish the energy. Good luck!
Thank you Captain for that tutorial and nice yacht.
Thanks Mike!
Very nice overview, and the ShipModul is a Nemea/wifi hub, very handy no doubt.
Thanks John, and yes the ShipModul is a very helpful part of the system, especially when you have a mix of instrument brands and age.
Thank-you for sharing. That was interesting & informative.
Thanks Jarek, glad you found it informative.
Excellent Video!! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Tony, glad you liked it.
This is a great video and so educational, thanks for sharing your knowledge. It this a Blue water boat and could it sail around cape horn ?
Hi Richard. Yes she is a blue water boat. We brought her from the Atlantic side to the Great Lakes to see some new sights, but she and her sister vessels have sailed throughout the world.
Great info. Thanks from Sheboygan!
Just a question what version ipad and do you need to have cell conection for nav software to work?
Hi Randy. It's a standard iPad (not the Air or Pro). At the time we bought it, you had to buy the cellular version to get GPS, although you don't need to activate a cellular plan. Only that version, not the wifi-only version, had built in gps. You might check the Apple site to confirm the latest.
Love the remote fridge temp!! I hate warm beer.LOL
Roger Kerkmann Thanks Roger. That unit is the full thermostat control unit and yes I agree it is good to have it visible. If there’s ever a problem with the fridge unit, you’ll know right away.
Great video explaining all the Electronic details.
At 9:35 why have you attached extra ferrite cores to the Cables? Is the unit prone to picking up RF/HF from your radio transmissions?
Cheers from Sweden
If possible I would really appreciate an answer to the ferrite question
Hi sm6wet. Yes those ferrites are there to prevent the autopilot from getting noise from the SSB radio. If you have an SSB, it is good idea to get a bag of ferrites - very helpful on other radios, fridge compressors, other electronics, even fluorescent light fixtures. Some people go crazy with putting them everywhere, but I tried to focus on the main noise generating or sensitivity electronics gear. Good luck!
thanks fantastic video
Appreciate it Alvaro!
What kind of range do you get from your cell and wifi antenna? And what kind of bandwidth do you see at what distances? I realize you probably haven't spread sheeted this, but a rough idea would be very helpful! thanks.
Hi Harrison. In brief, I can say that the range and bandwidth were highly variable. I checked bandwidth regularly with SpeedTest and, after we switched carriers from Tmobile to AT&T, the former of which has poor coverage outside of large urban areas, we got download speeds in the 15-20mbps. Oddly, the bandwidth could suffer when we were around alot of other boats, so I wondered if interference was an issue. Range on cellular, across open water, was several miles or more - hard to judge range closer to land as I didn't know where the cell tower was. For wifi, although we could pickup signal with reasonable strength from about 1/4 mile away, I found the connection unstable. It was best within 500-1000 ft. Again, it also seemed to be affected in areas of heavy wifi or many boats. Hope this helps.
your video is awesome, it's a lot of useful information, but i am a little confuse. if the AIS is already transmitting the NMEA data over wifi why you need also the MINIPLEX 3WI ?
Hi Cesarmanwolf. Good question. If all we needed over wifi was the AIS data, we could just use the Vesper Marine unit. But I wanted to broadcast wifi with other non-AIS data, like wind, depth, and speed. Since mobile devices can only have one active wifi connection at a time, if you want all of the data at once, a wifi multiplexer is needed. The multiplexer has the added benefit of being able to connect and share NMEA data over hardwire connections to the other instruments onboard. I like to have some redundancy onboard too, so if the Miniplex multiplexer fails, we could use the Vesper wifi as a backup connection. Good luck!
Very well done. Thank you.
Thanx. Goed verduidelik!
Nice video on what your using on your boat. I recommend a better microphone system though. What camera are you using for this?
might just need a Dead Cat....???
Love that Bimini..... Was it custom? Great video for a newbie like myself..... Thanks so much.
Thanks Robert. Yes, we had the bimini (and dodger) custom made for the boat... very helpful for those hot sunny days!
Excellent
Thank you. !
You are welcome!
Very Good, Big help
Thanks Yeon!
Very nicely done, I like your layout combining old and new. Funny how i-pads are becoming the choice of Chart Plotter Displays.... ;-)
Thanks Mark, glad you liked it. Yes I think it is the reality of many boats these days where you have a mix of old and new tech. And what is new becomes old very quickly! We greatly benefited from using an iPad but there are times when it is still nice to have a traditional chart plotter to fall back on. Fair winds!
I'll stick to my practically ancient Seiwa Mako monochrome chartplotter in the cockpit. The iPad and iNavX make a good backup but not something I want to deal with in the cockpit when the going gets rough. It barely works at all when my hands are wet and I am on my fourth iPad since 2007 even though it is only used as a backup. On two the screen broke and the other the battery died and would not run even when plugged into USB.
By shopping around it is very easy to find a very good older chartplotter that will cost a mere fraction of what a new iPad cost.
I'm a newbie (too) and can't get my head around how you get wifi to the iPad. If I'm half way across the Atlantic, I would think the only kit picking up a signal would be the sat phone. So how do you get iNav software to work in real time miles from anywhere? I sort of understand how the Wirie system works near shore, but still can't grasp how it can get a strong signal. Please advise.
Hi George. The Wirie system was setup for near shore cell/wifi reception, not sat phone use. But you can still use iNavX offshore. As long as either your ipad has a gps receiver, or it is receiving gps data from your boat's local wifi network (e.g. from the boat's main GPS/chartplotter unit), then you will see your position on the iNavX screen and can navigate. This assumes that you have also downloaded whatever offshore iNavX charts you need, before you depart. Hope this helps.
good job...
Thanks
merci monsieur tres bonne explication st denis d,oleron
Je suis content que cela t'aie plu!
Good morning I am looking in purchasing the 440 i was wondering if you had in-mast main and if so how it performs in light winds there seems to be a big difference in squared footage
Hello Jean. Yes we do have the in-mast furling for the mainsail. You do lose some volume (and sail shape) versus the battened sail, but for us, it is so much easier and safer to reef, that it is worth it. It is a tradeoff, and perfect for the extended cruising we do. I think we sail more than others because we also don't have to debate hoisting the sail each time. We also bought and use a Code 0 for light wind days. Ofcourse, it does not help while beating upwind on a light day, but for all other points of sail, we feel we have a solution for the smaller mainsail size.
@@LifeFourPointZero thank you
man i want that boat soo bad!!
Hi William. She is for sale, FYI, through Navy Point Yacht Sales. www.navypointyachtsales.com/boats-for-sale/1989-jeanneau-sun-kiss-47-sackets-harbor-new-york-united-states-6385163/