ONBOARD Magazine summer 2021
The magazine is published quarterly and is the only publication aimed purely at the superyacht professional on the Mediterranean. Produced here on the Côte d’Azur, ONBOARD is a B2B industry magazine with a consumer feel. Designed to be entertaining and informative in equal balance, ONBOARD is packed with varied articles on superyacht paint & coatings, crew training, essential refit services, crew uniforms, shipyards, the very best superyacht chase boats, product launches and features from leading industry experts on relevant superyacht matters. If you need to get your products and services in front of the right crew and industry buyers, then talk to us.
The magazine is published quarterly and is the only publication aimed purely at the superyacht professional on the Mediterranean. Produced here on the Côte d’Azur, ONBOARD is a B2B industry magazine with a consumer feel. Designed to be entertaining and informative in equal balance, ONBOARD is packed with varied articles on superyacht paint & coatings, crew training, essential refit services, crew uniforms, shipyards, the very best superyacht chase boats, product launches and features from leading industry experts on relevant superyacht matters.
If you need to get your products and services in front of the right crew and industry buyers, then talk to us.
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SETTING
A CLEAR
COURSE
The latest bridge systems are not just highly technical
and fully integrated with other on board systems, but are
now works of art themselves, seamlessly blending into the
overall design and style of the yacht itself
Words: Adam Fiander
The on/off metal ‘toggle’ switches,
with their black plastic ends,
that randomly adorn the
wood-panelled dashboard of
my 1967 Triumph GT6 classic
car, remind me just how much
driver information systems and
console technology has changed, not just
for cars, but for boats as well.
These last five years, in particular, have seen
monumental changes and advancement, not
just in the physical and visual appearance of
bridge and helm stations, but in the shear
scope and scale of information control and
management and data use and storage now
available. Even relatively small and affordable
outboard-engined 28ft starter-boats are
being built and marketed with ‘full glass
helm bridge’ functionality of varying degrees
of complexity, and this level of standard-fit
equipment is being seen as the new and
widely accepted norm.
“Gone are the days when a chartplotter
and a few analogue gauges would suffice,”
says E-Touch Systems, Managing Director,
Jamie Brown.
“A new age of ‘Glass Bridge’ systems
and fully integrated Access Management
Systems (AMS) are becoming standard.
The ever-increasing processor power of
modern electronics, coupled with the
affordability of modern technology, is
allowing even the smallest of yachts to have
a centralised, touch-screen, multifunction
bridge integrating AMS, Navigation, CCTV
and Media, amongst others.”
On larger yachts, the bridge and helm station
itself has become a room that can be equally
personalised, structured and enhanced in a
way that meets the same visual aesthetic
and techno-sophistication of the rest of
a yacht’s interior. No more is this just a
room full of mis-matched screens, randomly
placed knobs, dials, switches, and awkward
looking black boxes.
Underlining the point about aesthetics,
Roger Trinterud, Kongsberg Maritime’s
Sales Director for their cruise, yacht and
passenger markets, said, “The modularity of
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