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Position watch
In harbour, during lay-up or on a long stay, BlueHawk can watch the boat’s position inside a defined geographic perimeter. If the boat leaves that zone, the system can raise an alert.
Technology
How the system is designed
BlueHawk combines an onboard unit, boat-parameter monitoring, geolocation, information transmission and a follow-up application. These functions are not at the same stage of maturity.
Your boat stays under watch, wherever it is.
A perimeter around the arming position, in harbour and at anchor. The map and the zone are in the application. An exit alert exists; it is not instant.
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Harbour watch
In the application
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Anchorage watch
In the application
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Passage history
Partly available
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Sharing with someone ashore
In development
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Anchorage watch
At anchor, BlueHawk can watch the boat’s position against a safety zone. A move beyond the defined perimeter can draw attention to a risk of the anchor dragging. It is an aid to watch-keeping, not a guarantee against dragging, and not an automatic detection.
History and sharing
You put to sea. They keep a quiet mind.
Find the tracks of your recent passages in the BlueHawk application, even from a distance. And because your peace of mind matters to the people who stay ashore, BlueHawk plans to let you share your boat’s follow-up with a trusted person. A simple way to keep the link during your time at sea.
Illustrative chart
Harbour·Destination
Last position transmitted09:10
Ashore
Last position received09:10
A trusted person
The same fictional passage, as someone ashore would see it. The boat stays on the last position received.
Demonstration illustration. The sharing function is in development.
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Partly available
Passage history
From the phone, without being on board, the last known position can be consulted. When the unit’s history is available, the map draws the positions received over 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days. The trip log keeps departure, arrival and levels. This is not continuous tracking: points follow the unit’s reporting interval, on the order of a few minutes in the prototype, and the onboard link is still in development.
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In development
Shared follow-up with someone ashore
The owner will be able to open access to the boat’s follow-up for a trusted person, then withdraw it. That person would see the transmitted positions and the available track, from their phone. Access roles exist in the product model. There is not yet a screen to invite someone or to revoke that access. This follow-up is not a rescue system and not a safety guarantee.
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Onboard unit
A unit on board is planned to connect the boat to BlueHawk. Identifying it and reading the measurements it reports are in development. This link is not active in the current application.
In development
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Boat parameters
The application already follows fuel, water, engine hours and battery by manual entry, along with equipment, documents and defects. Automatic reporting of these parameters from the boat is not in service yet.
Partly available
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Geolocation
The boat map shows the last known position, its timestamp and, when history is available, the track of positions received over 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days. That consultation happens in the application, without being on board. It is not a continuous stream. When monitoring is active, a perimeter is drawn around the arming position, and a position received outside that zone can raise an alert. That alert is not instant. The onboard link is still in development. Sharing the follow-up with another person is not offered yet.
In the application
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Transmission
Automatic delivery of information from the boat to the application is being built. Until that link is validated, the application relies on entered data and on the latest information available.
In development
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Follow-up and alert application
The cockpit gathers alerts for documents, safety, defects, maintenance and levels, and opens the position. Remote alerts, with the phone closed or by SMS, are not a finished function of this phase.
In the application
Already in the application
Functions present in the current application. They may still change.
- Cockpit and alert summary
- Safety register and equipment-capacity indication
- Documents, including insurance, licence, ANFR licence and RIPAM
- Deadline log
- Navigation log
- Defect follow-up
- Map, last position and history
- Watch zone shown when monitoring is active
- Manual entry of boat levels
In development
Planned functions, not presented as available.
- Onboard unit and unit identification
- Automatic reading of onboard measurements
- Continuous transmission
- Dedicated monitoring screens
- Finished remote alerts
- Sharing the follow-up with a trusted person, and withdrawing that access
These lists describe the product as the website was written. Trials of the unit and the application are private: BlueHawk chooses the users, with no public call. No trial result, certification or partnership is published. No price is shown.