Assisted docking
Close-quarters help for bigger boats in tight berths. Alert warns you; Control also acts.
Choose your docking system.
Close-quarters help for bigger boats in tight berths. Alert warns you; Control also acts.
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DockSense Alert
Stereo-vision cameras map objects above the waterline and raise visual and audible proximity alarms; it warns but does not steer.
DockSense Alert is a docking-awareness system using 3D stereo vision cameras that detect objects above the waterline and build a map of hazards around the hull. Motion sensors measure the distance to each object, and a birds-eye view with a distance map appears in Axiom's DockSense Alert app alongside live camera video. When something comes inside the proximity distance the captain has chosen, visual and audible alerts trigger.
It warns but does not steer, which is the difference from DockSense Control. It needs no dockside beacons, is self-contained, and integrates with Axiom multifunction displays. Systems come in single-camera, three-camera or five-camera arrangements, and Raymarine says boat builders and system integrators work with its DockSense specialists on the design, so the camera layout is planned for each boat.
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DockSense Control
Adds propulsion and steering control to object recognition, holding the boat off with a virtual fender.
DockSense Control builds on the same idea as Alert but also acts on the boat. Raymarine calls it the recreational marine industry's first object recognition and motion sensing assisted docking solution. The package includes a DockSense Control Processor, cameras and a GPS module, and it uses FLIR machine vision camera technology to analyse the surroundings. It integrates with the vessel's propulsion and steering to help in tight quarters, using a virtual fender around the boat to help prevent collisions.
Because it works through the boat's propulsion and steering, it is specified with the boat, and Raymarine says boat builders and system integrators work with its DockSense experts to design Alert and Control systems. Ask us to confirm which propulsion types are supported before ordering.
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NeuBoat Dock
360-degree surround-view docking camera system for Axiom, with six cameras, developed with Avikus.
NeuBoat Dock is a surround-view camera system, developed with Avikus, that gives a 360-degree overhead view around the boat to reduce blind spots when docking. Six cameras (bow, bow-port, bow-starboard, port, starboard and stern) feed a Camera Conversion Unit and an Object Recognition Unit installed below deck, which combine the feeds into one synchronised view shown on an Axiom chartplotter at the helm. You can show the full 360-degree image or a single camera, with preset docking modes and on-screen distance guides.
Raymarine lists it for vessels up to 100 ft (30 m), and notes an additional conversion unit and network cabling may be needed above 50 ft (15 m). It is designed for new boat construction, with simplified commissioning, and calibrates on land or in the water without calibration mats. The Axiom chartplotter is sold separately.
Assisted docking has real prerequisites — propulsion type and camera positions both matter. We survey before quoting.
Pairs with an Axiom display
Chart overlay, Doppler colouring and dual range all need the radar and the display working together. We supply them together and commission them together.
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