[serkandurusoy]

I haven't noticed many startups working on bringing modern tech to recreational sailing and cruising.

Systems aboard a typical 35-50 foot sailboat produce interesting data streams, but the data don't seem to be used innovatively or interestingly.

This makes me wonder if the market is too small compared to the unicorn-level valuations most seem to aim/hope for.

Kind of putting this out there because I'm a liveaboard sailor looking out for startup ideas and it would be amazing if it were in the marine-tech space. So any feedback/suggestions would be more than welcome.

[ianburrell]

The market is small, there are existing competitors, and things change slowly. I also suspect that there isn't much value that startup could bring. I bet there are fancy products for fancy yachts.

There is a lot of open source going on. There is OpenCPN chart plotter. There is also NMEA OneNet which uses Ethernet so should support things that radars, plus make wiring easier.

[serkandurusoy]

Thanks, yes, I agree with all of those points.

Perhaps still a big enough space for a bootstrapped indie business, for lack of VC scale.

NMEA is quite interesting, though. Coupled with Czone for digital switching and power readings, I bet there is some interesting insight waiting to be discovered, one that can be monetized.