Equipment Weekly / Equipment: from the paddle to the card table, some innovative solutions

Whether you take pleasure in using your paddle at anchor or you are an experienced regatta sailor who likes to tease the mouse in a regatta, or you like your comfort once you are quietly sitting in your saloon in the evening, here are 3 innovative products to keep boating a pleasure.

Motorize your paddle

Xpaddleboards proposes to install an electric motor in place of the fin of your paddle. This one, connected to a lithium battery, offers 2h30 of autonomy. From a connected bracelet, it is possible to set 4 speeds, for a maximum of 8 km/h. The recharge of the battery is done at home on 230 V. Thus motorized, you can easily navigate 2 for miles without fatigue. From 599 euros TTC the engine alone.

Adrena connects

The V20 version of the navigation software Adrena, for competitive sailing, and Octopus for cruising sailboats, opens up to other systems. Indeed, it is now possible to display in superposition the Navico and Koden radars, the Watt&Sea hydrogenerators measurements, the Victron and NKE measurements energy data and the display of the targets and the OSCAR camera detection cone. All this information is centralized and accessible without leaving the software. Starting at 799 euros TTC

A module to control the lights

Lopolight offers a module that controls all the external lights of the boat. It connects via an RJ45 network socket to a Navico or Garmin multifunction plotter. Once connected, it appears on the plotter as an application and you can program the different functions. This control module is available at 1000 euros HT.

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