Goals

I have a 15 year old 18 foot powerboat of the Norwegian brand Hansvik, model 18 TF, equipped with a Yamaha 50hp 4-stroke outboard engine. I am in the process of upgrading my boat with modern electronics, to be used for recreational and fishing trips in the Stavanger area in Norway in the summer of 2013.

The projects consists of two main parts:
1. Connecting the on-board electronics to my iPad and iPhone. I plan to use an Arduino Mega as a data hub.

2. Adding a safety & surveillance monitoring module that reports status of my boat to my iPhone. I will base it on Arduino, and has GPS, temperature, water level, accelerometer and PIR sensors.It will send reports on a regular basis using GPRS, and send SMS messages immediately when values go outside defined intervals.