Category: Security

DIY Electronics Security
03/11/2024

Motorized outdoor WIFI camera. For surveillance and navigation.

Greetings sailors, today we are going to install an IP motorized camera, spending less than 85$. We are going to place it on the outside of our boat, but obviously, this tutorial is suitable to learn how to place it anywhere, such as your home for example. Purpose As for profits (if we put on a boat): Monitor the boat from home, when the boat […]

Electronics Security
22/09/2024

Fundamentals of antennas and VHF for dummies

Don’t risk having your VHF equipment fail you when you need it most! In this episode, we show you how to get the most out of your onboard VHF equipment to ensure maximum safety at sea. 🚤⚓💡 Discover the secrets to a flawless installation and avoid common mistakes that could render your expensive equipment useless. We’ll talk about antennas, splitters, portable transmitters and AIS, showing […]

DIY Electronics Security
09/06/2024

DIY anti-intruder alarm with video surveillance and mobile alert

Greetings sailors, Today we are going to learn how to make a surveillance system for the interior of our boat so that it warns us if someone slips into it and to be able to monitor the interior of it. And all this spending about 18$ on materials. In reality, the solution that we are going to carry out is exactly the same to protect […]

DIY Security
01/07/2022

Orca attacks, solutions and fixes of fortune

In this video we are going to see and talk about the ORCAS ATTACKS that have occurred on sailboats in the area of Galicia and the Strait of Gibraltar in the last two years. It is not so much an opinion video, but a practical video about: what to do, WHAT WORKS and what doesn’t and, above all, very entertaining, dealing with the subject with […]

Electronics Security
17/06/2022

Homemade Wireless MOB (Man Over Board) Device

In this post we face a FALL INTO WATER (MOB) sailing SOLO. We tested and demystified some of the traditional techniques to prevent and SURVIVE a man overboard. And above all we built ourselves a very simple wireless invention, for 25 euros, that stops the boat’s engine in case we fall into the water. All of that with plenty of testing, crashes, and good humor. […]