YachtSpot PRO

Working at the heart of your onboard communications network, our top of the line model, the YachtSpot PRO gives you all the features that you get with YachtSpot 4G+ WiFi plus it supports two SIM cards and transparent integration of SAT systems bringing all your Internet connections under the one roof.

Worldwide
4G LTE-A

MIMO

Dual SIM

Transparent integration with Dockside Ethernet and Satellite

YachtSpot WiFi+

Dual Band WiFi plus integration with Satellite, dockside Ethernet, and 4G mobile + All your devices, all in one place, managed through our Internet Control Centre

Professional Dual Band 2.4 GHz and
5 GHz WiFi

MIMO

Safe Surf VPN™

Transparent integration with Dockside Ethernet and Satellite

YachtSpot 4G+ WiFi

Our bestselling model with an ultra fast 4G LTE-A connection featuring state of the art MIMO technology, plus 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi all in one simple to use device that works in all corners of the world.

Worldwide
4G LTE-A

Professional Dual Band 2.4 GHz and
5 GHz WiFi

MIMO

Worldwide database of SIM card connection settings

YachtSpot Marine 4G and WiFi routers

The Yachtspot range of professional, marine grade, Internet routers provide global coverage of 4G and WiFi frequencies allowing you to connect to the Internet using just the one device.

For over ten years Yachtspot has been the preferred choice of many of the world’s top superyacht yards and installers. Created for the professional installer, Yachtspot comes with every option you will ever need and real support when you need it. It’s great for the owner and the crew too, really simple to use.

All YachtSpot GX models include carrier approved firmware switching ensuring you will get a predictable performance and a reliable service when using specific US and Canadian carriers.

Yachtspot is manufactured using high quality, tough, seaworthy, professional hardware, designed to ensure your boat’s network logs on, and stays on.

Features

4G Ultra LTE-A
300Mbps down

Easy to use interface

One world
One device

Advanced firewall

Support for WEP,
WPA/2 encryption

VPN traffic
encryption

Aluminium case with waterproof fittings

All your Internet in one place
Internet Control Centre

Integration with FleetBroadband

Professional Dual Band
2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi

MIMO

DNS Blaster ™
Reliable DNS on
lossy networks

US Carrier Certification

FCC & CE conformity

Dual
SIM

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“Advanced software designed to get you online quickly…”

The NEW Yachtspot PRO GX, Yachtspot 4G+ WiFi GX and YachtSpot WiFi+ are the latest arrivals in the Yachtspot family. Specifically designed to meet the needs of the marine leisure industry they build on the success of the Yachtspot PRO G3, Yachtspot 4G+ WiFi G3 and Yachtspot WiFi, combining WiFi and 4G mobile, with dockside Ethernet and Satellite integration, in our range of feature rich, professional devices.

Worldwide 4G

4G LTE-A services operate on different frequencies and use different protocols in different world regions. In the past you needed different mobile cards to gain Internet access in different regions.

YachtSpot GX supports multi-carrier image support which allows you to change the firmware to provide support for the frequencies and protocols required for mobile data access according to whichever region you are in. You change the firmware by selecting the provider in the Yachtspot user interface and clicking the change button. Click the ‘List of countries’ button below to see a list of the countries presently supported by YachtSpot.

Yachtspot works with 4G LTE-A both in the Americas and in the EU. 4G LTE can also be used elsewhere where there is support via one of the configurations. Failing that, 3G support is available almost everywhere there is a mobile data service.

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Estonia

Ethiopia

Faroe Islands

Fiji

Finland

France

French Polynesia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Greenland

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guernsey

Guyana

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Republic of Korea

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Lao Peoples Democratic Republic

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macao

Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Reunion Island

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Viet Nam

MIMO

MIMO, multiple-input and multiple-output, is a method for multiplying the capacity of a wireless link by using multiple transmit and receive antennas for sending and receiving more than one data signal simultaneously over the same radio channel.

MIMO has become an essential element of wireless communication standards including WiFi and 4G LTE.

Dual band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi

Yachtspot supports both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi with the correct antenna support.

At present 2.4 GHz WiFi is ubiquitous in marinas but it is often congested. 5 GHz WiFi is not as freely available but where it is it can supply a less contended and more reliable Internet experience.

Technically 2.4 GHz suffers from overlapping channels which cause loss and delays. It does however travel farther. This does mean though that interference can come from a far wider area degrading performance. 5 GHz WiFi doesn't suffer from overlapping channels and therefore it's far easier to aggregate channels to dynamically achieve a higher bandwidth and therefore greater speed. Note that most marina WiFi is quite slow so without dedicated 5 GHz support with a fast and wide back haul some of the benefits will not apply.

Dual SIM

The YachtSpot PRO comes with dual SIM slots.

The active SIM can be switched simply through the user interface.

Not only is this convenient for the end user but also useful to installers who can fit and forget SIMs so the unit can be used in different regions without the end user having to access the hardware which is often difficult on boats and not without risk of damage to the SIM and/or SIM slot by users unfamiliar with the unit.

DNS Blaster™

Yachtspot’s DNS Blaster™ technology enables you to surf the net faster! DNS Blaster™ speeds up Internet browsing by querying several DNS servers simultaneously and returning the first reply received, resulting in requests for web pages going out much quicker, especially on slow and lossy networks. More importantly DNS Blaster™ virtually guarantees a reply to a DNS query which eliminates the wait caused by lost UDP packets which is common on AIR networks.

Advanced Firewall

YachtSpot’s advanced stateful firewall monitors incoming and outgoing packets and the state of the connection and stores the information in state tables. Packets are evaluated and filtering applied not only upon administrator-defined rules but also on the information collected from previous connections and information about previous packets belonging to the same connection.

YachtSpot’s advanced stateful firewall offers further granularity as filtering rules can be dynamically applied according to the selected WAN connection, so that for instance specific hosts could only use specific protocols when accessing the Internet via 4G, or for instance say you integrated a Satellite link using our Internet Control Centre then you could limit access to the Internet over Satellite to the owner’s PC.

SafeSurf VPN ™

Using open WiFi has always carried the risk that your Internet activities can be listened to. It’s a complex subject, but what is sure is that by routing your traffic over a VPN those risks are eliminated.

YachtSpot’s SafeSurf VPN ™ can fully encrypt your WiFi traffic to our secure VPN servers.

Internet Control Centre

The Internet Control Centre, our built-in simplified switching solution is similar to other manufacturer’s “selectors” but comes at a drastically reduced cost and comes integrated into the existing unit.

Yachtspot can be partnered with other IP based devices, for example Fleet Broadband or dockside Ethernet in order to centralise the provision of alternative means of Internet access. Put simply, all your Internet connections can be managed in the one place.

Worldwide 4G

MIMO

Dual band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi

Dual SIM

DNS Blaster ™

Advanced firewall

SafeSurf VPN ™

Internet Control Centre

Feedback

Since we switched to using Yachtspot our jobs have become a lot easier and our customers a lot happier...

Must say you have been fantastic. Thanks very much, and thanks for your time

I'm happy to report that our Yachtspot is functioning well the Captain is very happy... no problems onboard at all.

Love your product - the best I've seen, it even impressed one of the founders of SUN Microsystems when it was shown to them

Sir, I have used one of your units on my previous vessel and found it to be exceptional.

Technical

Model comparison

KEY FUNCTIONS

YachtSpot PRO GX

YachtSpot 4G+ WiFi GX

YachtSpot WiFi+

KEY FUNCTIONS	YachtSpot PRO GX	YachtSpot 4G+ WiFi GX	YachtSpot WiFi+
2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi with MIMO support
Global 4G coverage with MIMO support
Number of SIMs supported	2	1
Integration with SAT, Fixed line and other routers	Internet Control Centre	Team Connectors	Internet Control Centre
Number of antenna connections *	2 x WiFi, 2 x Multi Cellular	2 x WiFi, 2 x Multi Cellular	2 x WiFi

*There are many options regarding the number of antennas required including non MIMO single antennas and the use of combiners

Yachtspot has gained the reputation for being the simplest to use, and most reliable Mobile and WiFi Internet connection solution for the leisure marine market.

Yachtspot is similar in functionality to a Broadband router you would use at the office, or at home. The internal interface is Ethernet, which can be shared using a switch and/or a wireless access point. The external interface uses either a wireless or a mobile client to connect to WiFi hotspots, and mobile base stations. Yachtspot’s connection to the Internet can be shared between all of the boats on-board laptops, desktops, servers, PDA’s, VOIP phones, mobiles, and any other device that can use an Internet connection.

GLOBAL 4G COVERAGE INCLUDING THE US AND EUROPE

Sierra Wireless MC7455 module with Qualcomm chipset
LTE E-UTRA bands, 2100(B1), 1900(B2), 1800(B3), 1700(B4), 850(B5), 2600(B7), 900(B8), 700(B12), 700(B13), 800(B20), 1900(B25), 850(B26), 2300(B30), 2500(B41)
WCDMA/UMTS, HSDPA/HSUPA, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+ bands, 2100(B1), 1900(B2), 1800(B3), 1700/2100(AWS)(B4), 850(B5), 900(B8)
MIMO

CONNECTORS

All external connectors are waterproof to IP67 or above
N Type Female RF connectors for connection to external WiFi and 4G multi cellular marine antennas
Ethernet Gigabit 10/100/1000 Auto Sensing
SIM slot Push-Push taking Standard / Mini SIM

POWER SUPPLY

Auto sensing 100-240 VAC PSU
Output 18W/12V/1.5A DC
Level VI compliant
2.1 mm power connector
Maximum power consumption is approximately 9W from a 230V AC 50Hz supply

DUAL BAND WIFI

Compex WLE200NX module with Atheros chipset
Dual Band WiFi supporting worldwide ISM bands
802.11bgn on 2.4 GHz
802.11an on 5.8 GHz
Security and encryption standards: Open, WEP, WPA & WPA2, with VPN option
MIMO

RESTRICTED ACCESS

Yachtspot has two access levels
A user password grants access to the pages required to connect to a WiFi hotspot, 4G mobile network or an integrated Satellite or Fixed line Internet connection
Administrator only configuration pages are hidden from the user and require an additional administrator's password to unlock and view

BACKUP, LOGGING, SUPPORT PACK

Yachtspot's configuration can be saved to an XML file
Extensive logging option with syslog support
A detailed support pack can be created which provides a comprehensive overview of Yachtspot’s sub systems, configuration, and networking