Social Media

Social Media¶

Blogs¶

Personal sites for sailors and their boats with their tech projects. These are all reasonably live as of 2026.

• BoatHackers - Leopard 45, projects with Home Assistant, Starlink, NMEA2000, Victron.
• Catalina 320 Log - Raspberry Pi, NMEA, SignalK, VBA.
• Cricalix - Ireland, Victoria 34, NMEA, Python, Solar, Shipmodul Miniplex.
• Hacking Family - Long term world cruisers on Wauquiez-designed catamaran with advice on electronics, software, mapping.
• Lille Ø - German owner (English language site), Amigo 40, open source software and hardware projects, LoRa, videos.
• Navigation Mac & Co - French, with English translation. News and articles, focus on weather data, macOS and iPad navigation.
• Nick Hayward - Narrowboat projects including Home Assistant, ESPHome, Victron.
• Ole W. Saastad - Raspberry Pi boat integration.
• Pyssel - Boat projects and news, including Home Assistant, OpenPlotter, ESP32.
• Project Bob - Autonomous boat circumnavigation project.
• Seabits - Pacific North West, Kristen 50 and Symbol Pilothouse motor yachts, SignalK, dashboards, Victron.
• SY Bockra - 1981 Corbin 39, OpenCPN, Open Boat Projects, AvNav. One-off summary document of experiences.
• SY Sea Jade Boatstuff - Checklists, equipment choices, passage planning templates and other tabular data.
• The Low Cost Sailor - Boat tech news and articles. English, French, Spanish. Also Spanish and English YouTube channels.
• Zapped Myself - NMEA2000, AIS, ESP32 projects.

Vlogs¶

Video channels from YouTube and elsewhere for boat tech projects.

• 8-bit Sailing - Raspberry Pi, OpenPlotter and Raymarine.
• Boating with the Baileys - Electrical and electronics projects on a 2000s Bavaria 36, including SignalK, KIP, Node-RED, OpenPlotter and SensESP.
• Boats and Bits - DIY boat tech, Raymarine networking, electrics, 3D printing.
• DIY Onboard - Raspberry Pi and OpenPlotter.
• Gary Woodruff - Boat projects and HowTo guides for boat electrics and electronics, focus on Lowrance equipment.
• Out Chasing Stars - OpenCPN and general boat electrics, electronics.
• Pacific Yacht Systems - Last active in 2023, large back catalogue of instructional videos on marine electrics, electronics and networking.
• Raspberry for Sailing - OpenPlotter, SignalK, KIP projects on Raspberry Pi.
• SV Apres - OpenPlotter, NMEA2000 and general boat tech.
• The Florida Captain - Open source boat network and apps.
• Tom Seahorse - UK. Catamaran. Raspberry Pi, OpenCPN, Home Assistant.

Forums¶

All active as of 2026

• boatdesign.net - Electronics and Controls forum.
• Boat Electrical and Electronic Q&A - Private Facebook group, >70k members, avg post per day.
• NMEA 2000 Support Group - Public Facebook group.
• NMEA 2000 Technical Forum - Private Facebook group.
• OpenCPN Users - Private Facebook group, >12k members, dozen or two posts a month.
• OpenMarine - Marine electronics and networking, focus on Macarthur HAT, PyPilot, OpenPlotter and Node RED.
• Panbo - Marine electronics and networking.
• Raspberry Pi for Boats - Private Facebook group, >17k members, couple dozen posts per month.
• SignalK Google Group - Active as of end 2025.
• The Hull Truth - Marine electronics forum.