Extracting Data from Your Boats Network

How do I get the information out of my boats network?

Most modern sailing boats have networks that run on NMEA 2000 protocol or proprietary variants of that type. The networks connect the various devices on the boat together and allow the exchange of information. Rockit is expecting to receive data in NMEA 0183 format. This is an earlier easier to read version of the NMEA standard.

If you have already setup an interface between your computer and the boats network, then you can move onto the next stage in this article. If not, then read on.

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JOG St Vaast Race 2019 - Lots of wind and surfing

Reviewing the data collected for Jengu racing to St Vaast using Rockit over the bank holiday weekend.

There was a lot of debate before departure as to which weather model was going to be right GFS or ECMWF. A lot of time was spent reviewing the maps from Predict Wind and Wind Guru; pretty inconclusively, there comes a point where you just have to wait and see what will happen.

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