Real-Time Data Display Technology Installed on Host Vessels

Following an initial laboratory phase, SeaKeepers’ new onboard data display software is now being deployed on several platforms, including three private yachts, for shipboard testing. The new software creates an interactive graphic interface in the vessel’s control room, showing real-time, visual information on the various oceanographic and atmospheric parameters the SeaKeeper 1000™monitors.

The screen above shows the Actual Wind and True Wind speeds, along with angle and direction information. Other screens can be accessed for current data on Baro metric Pressure, Humidity, Air Temperature, etc.

The new graphic display is based on point-and-click navigation and has specific pages dedicated to different parameters, each reached by tabs at the top of the screen. Each page uses colorful meters to track the current conditions being measured by the SeaKeeper 1000™ system. Furthermore, some pages contain linear graphs tracing the change of each of the measured parameters over time.  For instance, the page showing seawater temperature displays not only the current temperature, but the record high and low, as well as a graph of the temperature change over time (see figure 1). Ditto barometric graphics, which allow a skipper at a glance to see relative changes indicating emerging weather conditions.

Not only does this new display software give a real-time view of the data being collected for the benefit of the scientific community, information including wind speed and direction is valuable immediately for those onboard the yacht. Captain Grant Butler of M/Y Maverick, one of the first to benefit from the new data display, explained, “The new software is a great step in integrating the SeaKeepers systems into our existing bridge software.  It is well set up, looks professional, and gives the Officer on Watch great access to all needed weather and met info. I have always been a supporter of SeaKeepers, but with this new setup it is easier to show others the benefit having the systems onboard these yachts.”

The screen above shows the real-time near surface Water Temperature,
along with the minimum and maximum temperatures recorded for the
period set. Other oceanographic measurements such as Salinity,
pH, Chlorophyll, etc. are accssed on other screens.

This valuable software was developed through a partnership with Palladium Technologies, a leader in electronic bridge displays and monitoring systems for the luxury yacht market. Software-driven, the data displays are available for free for all SeaKeeper 1000™ host vessels, including those who are not existing customers of Palladium.

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