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Night Vision Just Got Cheaper... | Boat Eye 360 | How the Pros Do It
March 27, 2026 · 4 min · 15K views · St. Petersburg
What this video covers
A BoatEye 360 night-vision camera installed on a catamaran delivers 1080p HDMI output to a Garmin chartplotter and costs $1,500, which the owner describes as cheaper than competing products.▶ 2:52 The unit also connects to Raymarine via an analog cable at 720p; a splitter at the cable end lets the owner choose between outputs.▶ 3:33 Power is 12-volt, startup takes about 30 seconds, and the 22-foot cable can be extended.▶ 0:51 The housing is 316 stainless steel with titanium screws and a glass lens cover, built to resist salt-water corrosion.▶ 3:17 Installation involved running the cable under the bridge deck and zip-tying it temporarily — a custom aluminum mount was fabricated for the catamaran's bow.▶ 3:48 The owner runs it on a dedicated monitor below and at the helm, using it both day and night; the forward view is especially useful when the headsail is furled out and blocks sightlines.▶ 2:24 The primary use case is navigating narrow channels at night among pilings and markers, filling a gap that mast-mounted radar leaves in close-range detection.▶ 1:32 The camera does not replace a flashlight for reading marker numbers but significantly improves situational awareness in confined, low-light waterways.▶ 1:21
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