What is a smart yacht?

The concept of a smart yacht is a network of systems or a system that goes beyond simply just presenting data to the end user. For example: a smart yacht seeing a fire alarm going off could be integrated with your lighting system and let you know that a transformer is overheating and shutoff power to that system. Using RFID tags, it could be integrated with you inventory systems for food, deck supplies and engineering. Engineering systems usually don’t fail without warning signs, but a smart yacht should be able to give a greater margin of warning when systems are about to go down. A 1-degree change does mean something.

Systems must also be easy to use, this, along with cost are crucial to their integration on new builds, as well as refits and retrofits.

-> What is a Smart Yacht ? By Captains’ Club

For you, what are the characteristics of a Smart Yacht? What do you think of Smart Yachts?