Orca is turning the Apple Watch into a powerful tool for boaters.
Orca’s brand-new Apple Watch app lets users control their boat’s autopilot and view instruments from the wrist. Orca is the first company to deliver autopilot controls on the Apple Watch. Traditional wireless autopilot controllers are costly and resemble a remote control for a television. With the new app for Apple Watch, Orca is pioneering a new approach in the boating industry: Building innovative solutions on top of consumer day-to-day devices instead of inventing yet another device to buy for the boat.
Why are wireless autopilot controllers such a big deal? When boating you’ll often find yourself away from the helm. Maybe you need to prepare for a port entry, find that chart folio, or get the sprayhood up before a rainfall. If you need to change course during situations like that, being able to do it quickly makes life at sea easier and safer.
With Orca for the Apple Watch, you can now turn on and off your boat’s autopilot and change your boat’s course. On a sailboat, the app allows you to direct the boat to keep a steady angle toward the wind.
The Orca App for Apple Watch also shows important instruments, such as speed, heading, water depth, wind speed, and wind direction.
Orca is available in Europe, New Zealand, and North America. To use the Apple Watch’s autopilot control you need an Orca Core to connect your watch to your boat’s instruments and autopilot.
