Immediate Command Clarity At The Wheel

Helm UI Module

The helm UI focuses on what matters most in rough conditions: readability, command certainty, and fast safety actions.

Suite Overview Safety + AI

Primary Helm Surface

Heading, target, mode, and drift/leeway context are visible at a glance.
Large action targets support tack, gybe and override flows.
Freshness and source-confidence cues stay visible.
There is a fast path back to safe STBY-like behavior.
WORK mode visibility and quick-access toggles support task-focused steering.

Traffic And Alarm UX

AIS/RADAR warning tiers use clear color and severity states.
Collision-risk alerts can escalate into the voice-alarm path.
Acknowledge and snooze behavior is clear without hiding active risk.
Avoid-and-resume actions are exposed directly from the warning context.
Alarm logs stay aligned with the blackbox trace for post-event review.

Menu Depth Without Clutter

Operational grouping follows skipper intent.
Diagnostics stay accessible without disrupting the steering view.
The interaction model is consistent across touch-controller variants.
Page-level behavior is designed to prevent accidental deep-state confusion.
NMEA source and status surfaces show both standard NMEA2000 links and private high-speed links.

Multi-Display Scaling

From a software perspective, UI/LCD modules on the bus are effectively unlimited; the practical limit is bus and network capacity. UI/LCD links run over a private CAN bus between the Main unit and the UI/LCD units.
Each display can focus on a specific role such as helm, navigation, diagnostics or weather.
A shared control model keeps mode ownership coherent across screens.
The system is designed so one failed display does not collapse overall control visibility.

**Compass Main**
Main helm view with active mode and command actions.

**Safety Banner States**
Warning and advisory overlays with acknowledgement path.

More Features Across The Suite

Current page focus: Clear helm interaction under pressure.

The suite is much broader than a traditional autopilot. It is a complete singlehanded offshore assistance stack covering steering, weather intelligence, safety sensing, logging and post-passage analysis.

Adaptive anti-hunt steering tuned to real sea motion

Standard NMEA2000 interoperability plus a private high-speed NMEA core exchange

Cross-vendor NMEA2000 compatibility with Raymarine, Garmin, Simrad and more

Maneuver-aware route behavior with avoid-and-resume workflow

AI prevention layer for broach, surf and pitchpole tendency

WORK mode for high-workload deck and sail operations

AI sail recommendations for fore/main trim and reefing stability

Hazard diagnostics with recovery counters and reason traces

Onboard and cloud weather fusion with deterministic offline fallback

72-hour weather-corridor planning and INTELS tactical context

Track and voyage logging for weather, position and boat-status history

Owner-performance polar review on iPad and server, with same-condition better/worse comparison

Local Weather Box JSON export for weather, INTELS, corridor and wide-area hazard feeds

Automatic periodic SailingKSF reporting with position, heading, weather and sea state

Dedicated supporter and family follow pages with live voyage context

Automatic local track logging every 10 minutes while underway, with export for analysis

Emergency 1/2/3 escalation with automatic shore updates and SMS/email contact alerts

AIS/RADAR warning and alarm workflow across helm, iPad and voice

Pressure-trend plus gust/shift fusion for earlier squall warnings, especially at night

Voice alarms and structured escalation for fatigue-resistant awareness

Sensor safety integration for lightning, gas, fire and air quality

Configurable 4x analog + 8x digital protected inputs with relay and voice actions

Native iPad workflow for routes, waypoints and tactical map use

Roadmap: dual bow and aft cameras for incoming-wave prediction support

Feedback And Comments

This project is still work 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 spring 2026, 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 AI support that reduces workload without taking control away from the skipper.