Integrated mast electronics, and racing
As most know, I've been a long-time fan of integrated, mast mounted electronics to aid the race crew in making tactical decisions. RaceMaster, ProStart, Shift, RaceGeek, Nautilytics, Atlas, I've had them all on the boat at the mast. But no combination has got it all right; maybe until now. The team at Sailmon has been building the Sailmon MAX for a few years now, and I've always been a fan. To the point where I was one of the original pre-order MAX customers! But it took a few years and a few turns until I get them on BlueJ. And in a neat twist, I'm now responsible for Sailmon in the USA. What goes around comes around. What really excites me about the MAX is its ability to integrate into existing boat electronics. In the picture above, the lower MAX is displaying data from BlueJ's NMEA 2000 network via a WiFi gateway. Through the water speed, and true wind angle and speed. And no wires! So now for about $2000 (same in euro) you can have a dual MAX display, with com