How to configure your sailboat chartplotter | Charts, radar, AIS, and B&G Zeus SR12 instruments
June 28, 2026 · 9 min · 3K views · Océano Pacífico
Hand points to radar and chart data on plotter
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Paula and Pedro, sailing a round-the-world voyage aboard Vuelta Vertical, run three separate watch stations — a working cockpit, a central cockpit, and a below-decks chart table — each configured differently on B&G Zeus SR12 chartplotters.▶ 0:36 The core decision they address is when to use a single chart view with overlaid layers versus a split-screen layout dividing chart, radar, and wind instruments into separate panels.▶ 0:05 In complex conditions — traffic, nearby coast, rain squalls, or poor visibility — they prefer split screens for clarity.▶ 1:45 At the chart table, the split shows chart, radar, and wind instruments alongside a data bar carrying boat speed, heading, apparent wind speed and angle, UTC time, position, and sea temperature.▶ 2:39 In the working cockpit, the plotter shows chart or radar (radar preferred at night), while dedicated B&G instrument displays handle all wind data: apparent wind, true wind angle, true wind direction, true wind speed, COG, and heading.▶ 4:36 The central cockpit integrates two Nemesis displays with wind, radar, chart, depth, water temperature, date, UTC time, and the cumulative distance sailed from Castellón — 29,866 miles at time of recording.▶ 6:34 The Zeus SR12's HDMI output feeds a large external screen, adding a navigation data display accessible from multiple angles.▶ 7:46 Chartplotter configuration should match the specific watch location, passage type (coastal vs. oceanic), and day-or-night conditions rather than relying on a single default layout.▶ 8:06
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