Vesper Marine smartAIS XB 8000 purchased! - 2019

 This Vesper Marine smartAIS XB 8000 unit will allow us 
to broadcast our position as right now we can only receive
 AIS information. It also has a nice anchor watch with external alarms. 
 September 2018 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta

(We are currently house/pet sitting in San Diego, CA)
Broadcasting our position is important to me as keeping the tablet and phone charged and babysitting the tablet or phone is a pain for the anchor watch.We do a lot of anchoring. Also it has an MOB alarm and we can put an AIS MOB on a life vest or harness.  If one of us goes over, it sets off an alarm and the alarm can be in the stateroom where the person off watch might be. All important items for our style of cruising .

We purchased this from Downwind Marine

The new AIS\VHF antenna will replace the existing VHF antenna
 on top of the mast. It has been up there 8 or more years 
so that is probably a good thing anyway. This splitter handles the antenna.
 This GPS antenna, I think, we can leave in the starboard lazerett 
under the deck and it should work fine. If not, we will mount it on top of the davits.
 
 
How will this fit in the suitcase 😋
 

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