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Manual · Volume 2G

Published

Navigation & Communications Record

The hull-9 navigation, radar, VHF, autopilot, camera and offshore-communications architecture.

Access level

Public overview

Last reviewed

September 1, 2026

The July 2026 builder status records Raymarine i70s instruments, Axiom XL displays at the chart table and principal helm, Quantum 2 Doppler radar, Ray90 VHF equipment and an Evolution autopilot using ACU400/EV-1 components.

Hull 9 also specifies a second complete autopilot arrangement, stern-facing cameras, a door camera and mast-mounted rotating/thermal-camera equipment. The status record showed several of these items installed or in progress, not all finally commissioned.

Offshore communications

  • Cellular/Wi-Fi router provision with external antennas.
  • Marine Starlink integration and paired-router arrangement.
  • Iridium GO! exec and DataHub integration recorded in the current configuration.
  • Remote system supervision designed to expose selected power, alarm, pump and camera information.

Independence and failure modes

Starlink is the primary high-bandwidth path. Iridium GO! exec/DataHub is a separate two-way backup path. The YB tracking device, where used, is independent tracking—not a substitute for two-way distress or operational communications.

Autopilot duplication does not prove independence unless the commissioning record confirms separate pumps, electronics, power protection and steering linkage. Cameras and radar are aids; neither clears blind sectors nor replaces a lookout.

Acceptance items

  1. Reconcile the final chart-table and both helm layouts to installed equipment.
  2. Confirm software, chart licenses, datum, units and backup settings.
  3. Swing and document compasses and heading sources.
  4. Test both autopilot paths and record what is genuinely independent.
  5. Verify VHF/DSC, MMSI, antenna, internal speakers and emergency power.
  6. Prove radar alignment and camera fields of view.
  7. Test internet and satellite failover without exposing credentials publicly.

Controlling evidence

  • July 2026 hull-9 configuration/status sheet.
  • Chart-table and port/starboard helm layout, revision H, 25 February 2026.
  • Hull-9 autopilot, camera, Starlink and remote-monitoring records.

Record limitation

This page describes intended and recorded equipment. The controlled commissioning sheet must distinguish installed, energized, configured and accepted states.