Getting your boat's electronics to play nicely together can feel like a dark art. This week on The Sailing Podcast, host Theo Stocker is rejoined by former Royal Marine, Yachtmaster Instructor, and Marine Surveyor Justin Morton to demystify marine networks.
Whether you sail a classic cruiser or motor a deck saloon, your plotters, radars, autopilots, and depth sounders all depend on accurate calibration. Justin breaks down his essential \"Digital Shakedown\" list to get your vessel operating with pinpoint accuracy.
In this episode:
Powering Down: Why turning off your chart plotter mid-passage is a highly revealing sanity check.
The 30-Second Depth Calibration: Figuring out counter-intuitive offsets and why you must explicitly brief your crew on where your depth reads from.
The Log Paddle Wheel Protocol: Step-by-step guide to pulling, cleaning, and testing your through-hull logs.
Taming Your Alarms: Re-configuring your AIS and depth vector settings to avoid alarm fatigue in crowded coastal waters.
Autopilot Wizards: Knowing the difference between dockside geometry tests and sea trial calibration.
Head down to the boat, grab a cup of tea, and map out your electronics checklist with us.
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