Category: Technology

24/03/2025

Low cost chart plotter with Raspberry Pi and Open Plotter

Greetings sailors, Today we are going to see how to install the famous Raspberry Pi with Open Plotter on our boat. Basically we are going to put a brain to our boat. With the Raspberry Pi we will be able to do a multitude of things that could fill many posts, but today we are going to focus on doing two things with it: We […]

14/02/2025

Thermal camera with mobile

🔥 Turn your mobile into a THERMAL CAMERA for less than you imagine 🔥Can you imagine seeing in the dark, detecting people and animals through obstacles or even diagnosing faults in electrical installations and pipes with just your mobile?Well today I’m going to show you how to do it in an easy and affordable way. In this video you will discover:✅ How thermography works and […]

18/10/2024

Starlink: cost, operation, tricks and installation

Discover how you can have high-speed satellite internet anywhere on the planet for just 29 euros a month! 🌍🚤In this episode of The Low Cost Sailor, we show you how Starlink has revolutionized connectivity at sea, in motorhomes or even in places as remote as in the middle of the mountains. Learn all about the installation, the cost and how we have tested this service […]

10/05/2024

How to get free WIFI on your boat

Greatings Sailors, Today we are going to see all the steps necessary to install a WIFI network on our boat, how to give it free Internet when we are at the dock, and how to back up that Internet with another one for when we are sailing. This post can also be applied to have free WIFI in your van, motorhome, or vacation house… In […]

03/05/2024

Convert car radio into plotter for boats

Today we see step by step the most economical way to obtain a plotter, with a 7-inch touch screen, for our boat that will have little to envy of the most advanced of the big brands. With a 60 euro car radio, we will build a nautical plotter that has it all. It will even be used to view our boat’s cameras, or as a […]

19/01/2024

Recover sunken treasures

The bottom of the sea is full of treasures, and most of them have fallen to ourselves. In today’s episode we are going to see different techniques with which anyone can recover lost objects from the seabed, with little investment and various techniques that range from magnetic fishing, to the use of endoscopic cameras or diving equipment that allow us to breathe freely. into water […]