Lightning, Air Quality, Gas and Fire Awareness

Sensor Safety Module

Beyond steering, offshore safety depends on sensor-backed awareness that leads to clear action.

Sensor Inputs

Lightning-detector cues for convective-risk awareness.
Air-pressure sensing for detecting rapidly falling pressure.
Air-quality trends for enclosed-cabin safety, including a CO2 sensor inside the cabin.
Gas detection for leak prevention and escalation.
Fire and overheat triggers for immediate operator response.
4 protected analog inputs, freely configurable, for channels such as tank level, pressure, temperature or custom sensors.
8 protected digital inputs, freely configurable, for events such as bilge pump active, hatch switch, high-water float or user-defined contact states.
A second Sensor module can also be installed in the engine room and configured for engine-room-specific monitoring needs.

Safety Integration

Alerts can feed directly into the voice-alarm and UI warning layers.
Severity rules can trigger a stronger alarm cadence.
Any configured analog or digital input can be mapped to relay-box actions.
Any configured analog or digital input can also trigger voice alarms with its own message class.
The blackbox trace captures sensor context around events.
The design can expand as new modules are added.

Singlehanded Safety Outcome

The goal is earlier detection and faster action, especially when one person is balancing navigation, sail trim and rest management alone.

Example: a bilge-pump-active input can immediately raise a voice alarm and trigger relay-output policy.
Example: a high-water digital input can escalate the alarm tier and trigger predefined safety-relay actions.

Related across the suite

Current page focus: Lightning, gas, fire and air-quality safety context.

Lightning, gas, fire and air-quality safety context.

Protected analog and digital inputs.

Input events can trigger voice alarms and relay actions.

Air-pressure sensing for rapidly falling pressure.

Blackbox traces capture sensor context around events.

Second Sensor module can cover engine-room monitoring.

Feedback And Comments

This project is still in progress, and I would genuinely like feedback on what is missing, what feels unclear, and what would be most useful offshore. The first sea trial is planned for the 2026 sailing season, and every comment is reviewed by me before it appears publicly.

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Built For Singlehanded Offshore Reality

These public pages focus on what the suite actually delivers offshore: steadier steering, fail-safe automation, and practical offshore support that reduces workload without taking control away from the skipper.