SkyMate
Starting at $1199.00
SkyMate is your global wireless communication solution. It puts the power of global satellite technology within easy reach of every boater. Only SkyMate’s patent pending technology combines so many essential data services in one compact, easy-to-use and affordable system.
Whether you’re cruising the coastline or crossing the equator, SkyMate enhances your boating experience and gives you The Power to Explore. That is SkyMate’s slogan and we found it to be all that they claim and the answer to our communication requirements. It is affordable, easy to install, accurate, user friendly and secure.
Send and Receive Email
Send and receive email using your SkyMate email address or pulling messages from your email accounts on land. SkyMate’s unique automated email system features an exclusive indicator light that alerts you when messages arrive, saving you time below decks as well as money on communication charges.
Stay Connected With Weblog
Share your voyage with friends and family with SkyMate’s weblog. Post messages right from your SkyMate software and each posting (free to every user), when viewed on land, can display your boat’s exact position and even the weather at posting time. Friends and loved ones can be notified via RSS each time you post a new message.
View Custom Weather Reports
Get real time forecasts with color NEXRAD radar images and 24 hour NOAA charts. Receive NOAA text forecasts and 5 day projections with important details such as wave height, wind speed, direction and buoy reports. SkyMate also offers tropical storm and hurricane forecasts for the Atlantic and Pacific.
Send Messages Via Fax or Voice
SkyMate’s built-in text-to-speech and text-to-fax technology keeps you in touch with anyone at any phone number. This convenient feature lets you send urgent messages to those who may not be monitoring email.
Report Your Position
SkyMate can forward your exact latitude and longitude with every weblog & email entry you send. You can also send automatic position reports to any email address list at regularly scheduled intervals to let people track your voyage on easy to read, full colour maps.
To learn more about SkyMate and additonal features such as SentryMate, we encourage you to visit the SkyMate Web Site to get more information and to view their on-line demonstration.
SkyMate Systems
SkyMate 100 — Includes the SkyMate approved 38″ VHF Stainless steel whip antenna.
SkyMate 100 SentryMate — The boat monitoring package includes all the items from SkyMate communicator package plus bilge, AC, DC power sensors and room for 2 optional sensors.
SkyMate 200 — A complete communication and navigation package. Includes a SkyMate comunicator with internal GPS, the SkyMate approved premium commercial grade fiberglass antenna, a GPS antenna with 30′ LMR coax cable and a GPS data cable.
SkyMate 200 SentryMate — The boat monitoring package. Includes all the items from the SkyMate 200 package plus bilge, AC DC power sensors, and room for 2 optional sensors.
