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Remote Boat Monitoring System for Leisure Boats

BRNKL Blue is a remote boat monitoring and security system for leisure boats, motor cruisers, sailing yachts and sportfishing boats. Monitor your boat remotely from your phone or browser, with live cameras, GPS tracking, bilge and battery monitoring, shore power alerts and NMEA 2000 vessel data brought together in one system.

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No BRNKL software subscription. Supplied, installed and supported throughout the UK and Europe.

Sportfishing · Sailing · Cruising · Motor yachts

BRNKL Blue fitted to a leisure motor boat, annotated with GPS vessel tracking, CCTV video recording, NMEA 2000 engine data, impact monitoring, marine black box data recording and remote bilge alerts
SYS // MONITORING
Cameras
Multiple
Storage
1TB / 4TB
Data
NMEA 2000
Connectivity
Starlink ready
Fees
No BRNKL subscription
Efficiency
Fuel optimisation
Find your perfect voyage

Monitoring built around how you use your boat

Sportfishing boat offshore with outriggers deployed, using remote boat monitoring and GPS tracking
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Sportfishing

Engine and fuel data, cameras and GPS in one place, underway or back at the marina. Record trips, use trip replay to review a day offshore and keep an eye on the boat between outings.

  • Trip replay
  • Engine & fuel data
  • Live and recorded video
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Sailing yacht under full sail, the type of boat monitored remotely for bilge, battery and shore power
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Sailing

Remote boat monitoring for bilge, battery and shore power whether the boat is alongside, on a mooring or offshore, with mooring security through cameras and geofence alerts.

  • Bilge & battery
  • Shore power alerts
  • Wind, weather & sensors
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Motor cruiser under way, monitored remotely with GPS tracking and onboard cameras
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Cruising

GPS tracking, cameras and custom alerts for longer trips and for the weeks the boat is left. Remote boat monitoring over Starlink or your existing onboard connectivity.

  • Custom alerts
  • GPS tracking
  • Starlink connectivity
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All in one place

Remote boat monitoring from anywhere

Check your boat from home, from work or while travelling, using your phone or a browser. Remote boat monitoring covers bilge activity, battery voltage, shore power, GPS position, boat movement, connected sensors, engine information, live and recorded cameras and the custom alerts you choose to set.

Monitoring

Monitor your boat from anywhere

Monitor bilge activity, batteries, shore power, engines, environmental conditions and other onboard systems from one place.

Alerts

Know when something needs attention

Create customised alerts for low battery voltage, bilge activity, loss of shore power, sensor alarms, vessel movement and other conditions you choose.

Video

See what is happening onboard

Connect compatible cameras for live viewing and continuous or event-based recording. Check your boat remotely and review footage after an onboard event.

Tracking

GPS tracking and geofence alerts

See where your boat is and where it has been. Set geofence alerts so you are notified if the vessel moves unexpectedly or leaves a defined area.

Replay

Replay trips and onboard events

Review video, vessel position and engine data together on one time-aligned timeline, giving you a clear record of what happened and when.

Connectivity

Stay connected without another subscription

Connect through Starlink, cellular, satellite or your existing onboard communications system. BRNKL Blue has no additional BRNKL subscription fee.

Security

Boat security system with cameras and GPS tracking

Three things working together: eyes on the boat, its position, and a message when either changes.

See it

Live CCTV from compatible IP cameras, viewed from anywhere, recording to storage on the boat rather than a cloud plan.

  • Live view
  • Continuous recording
  • Event-based
  • Export

Locate it

GPS boat tracking with current position and previous tracks, and a geofence around the berth, mooring or yard.

  • Position
  • Track history
  • Geofence
  • Movement

Know about it

Alerts on the conditions you choose, so the first you hear of a problem is not your next visit to the marina.

  • Movement
  • Bilge
  • Battery
  • Shore power
// When something changes

Condition changes

The boat moves, the bilge runs, shore power drops or voltage falls below your threshold.

Alert reaches you

A notification arrives wherever you are, naming the boat and what changed.

You look

Open the app, view the live cameras and check position and system readings.

Recording remains

Footage and data stay on the boat, ready to review or export afterwards.

BRNKL Blue will not stop someone interfering with your boat. What it gives you is visibility, an alert while there is still time to act, and a recorded account of what happened.

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Position & movement

GPS boat tracking and geofence alerts

BRNKL Blue boat monitoring app on a laptop and phone, showing a geofence set around a moored boat with house battery, starter battery, bilge and door status
Geofence set around a mooring, with battery, bilge, door and heel readings from the same boat alongside it.

GPS boat tracking shows where the boat is now and where it has been.

Current position and previous tracks are held in the same system as your cameras and onboard data, so a movement can be checked against video from the same moment. You can define geofence areas around a berth, mooring or cruising ground and receive boat geofence alerts if the boat moves or leaves that area.

Movement monitoring is useful while the boat is unattended over winter, on a swinging mooring, or ashore in a yard.

BRNKL Blue boat monitoring app on three phones, showing live cameras, boat systems and alerts
Integration

NMEA 2000 boat monitoring

BRNKL Blue connects to the existing NMEA 2000 network on your boat and brings compatible vessel data into the same place as your cameras, alerts and tracking.

Depending on what your instruments and engines publish to the bus, that can include engine data, fuel information, depth and navigation data, along with other compatible NMEA 2000 information. Available data varies by boat, so we confirm what is achievable on yours before quoting.

Compatible connections include:

  • NMEA 2000 engine and vessel data
  • Modbus systems
  • Digital switching
  • IP cameras
  • Bilge, battery and shore power monitoring
  • Environmental and custom sensors
  • GPS and geofence monitoring

Where the engine reports it to the bus, fuel-flow data can be recorded alongside boat speed and engine rpm to support fuel-use analysis.

Unattended boats

Bilge, battery and shore power monitoring

Most of the risk to a leisure boat builds up while nobody is aboard. Boat bilge monitoring, boat battery monitoring and shore power monitoring are the checks owners want most often.

From your phone you can see bilge activity, and high-water readings where a suitable bilge sensor is connected as part of the installation. Battery voltage and power condition are shown alongside it, together with loss of shore power and any other sensors wired in during fitting.

When a value moves outside the range you have set, BRNKL Blue alerts you, so a flat battery or a running bilge pump is something you find out about early rather than on your next visit.

“I live four hours from the marina — BRNKL has saved me multiple drives. I check in on my boat from my phone and sleep better knowing it's okay.”

Marina slip holder, BC
A leisure motor boat swamped and part sunk in its marina berth, the kind of unattended flooding a bilge alert warns about
Unattended flooding in a marina berth. A bilge or power alert reaches you while there is still time to act.
BRNKL Blue remote boat monitoring unit beside the dashboard and phone app, showing live camera footage, boat track, engine graphs and battery status
Cameras

Live and recorded boat cameras

BRNKL Blue supports compatible RTSP and ONVIF IP cameras, which is what separates it from most boat trackers and alarm panels. It works as a boat CCTV system as well as a monitoring system.

You get live remote viewing, continuous recording, event-based recording and local storage on 1TB or 4TB, so historical footage stays on the boat rather than depending on a cloud plan. Footage can be reviewed and exported, and viewed alongside GPS position and vessel data on the BRNKL timeline, so remote boat cameras and onboard data tell the same story.

  • Check your boat before travelling to the marina
  • View live and recorded cameras
  • Monitor onboard systems and alarms
  • See vessel position and previous tracks
  • Replay trips with video and vessel data aligned
  • Export footage for security, insurance or personal use
Comparison

More than a conventional boat tracker

A basic GPS boat tracker tells you where the boat is. BRNKL Blue brings position together with the boat's own systems, cameras, alerts, NMEA 2000 data, local video recording, trip history and event replay, so you can also see what was happening at the time.

FeatureBRNKL BlueBasic GPS boat tracker
GPS trackingYesYes
Geofence alertsYesModel dependent
Bilge monitoringYes, with connected sensorsLimited
Battery monitoringYesModel dependent
Shore power monitoringYesNot normally included
NMEA 2000 integrationYesNot normally included
Live camerasYesNot normally included
Recorded camerasYesNot normally included
Trip replayYesTypically position only
Video and vessel data on one timelineYesNot normally included
Local video storage1TB or 4TB onboardNot normally included
Running costs

Boat monitoring without another software subscription

BRNKL Blue has no recurring BRNKL software subscription.

Video is stored locally on the unit as standard, on 1TB or 4TB, so you are not paying monthly for somewhere to keep your own footage. Optional cloud storage is available if you want it.

Remote access still depends on the boat having an internet connection, whether that is Starlink, cellular, satellite or another onboard communications service. That connection is billed by whoever provides it. What BRNKL Blue removes is a second subscription on top of it for the monitoring software.

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Capabilities & specification

BRNKL Blue technical specification

Monitors and records

Multiple compatible IP cameras Live video GPS tracking Battery & bilge Shore power Trip replay Onboard alerts

Connects to

NMEA 2000 Ethernet RS232 Wi-Fi GNSS antenna RTSP / ONVIF S & T 7× I/O · 2× outputs Digital switching ModBus Starlink / satellite
Storage1 / 4 TB
Cameras16 max
Power10.5–60 V
Warranty2 years
Dimensions
200 × 200 × 70 mm
Weight
1.52 kg / 3.34 lb
Temperature
-20°C to +75°C
Battery
3000 mAh internal
Inputs
7× analogue/digital selectable, 0–60 V DC
Outputs
2× outputs, max 1.5 A
GNSS
GPS/QZSS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou
Sensors
Accelerometer ±16 g · Gyroscope ±125°/s
Cameras
RTSP · ONVIF Profile S & T (sold separately)
Mount
Flange · indoor unit, no IP rating
Power draw
500 mA average · 2 A max at 12 V DC
Camera brands
Axis, FLIR, Furuno, Garmin, Raymarine, HIKVision, Omnisense, VIVOTEK, Navico
In the box
BRNKL unit, power cable, connector cable, USB-to-ethernet adapter, GNSS antenna, Wi-Fi antenna, security decal, documentation
Cloud storage
Optional — local recording as standard
FAQ

Remote boat monitoring: common questions

What is a remote boat monitoring system?
A remote boat monitoring system connects to the systems on your boat and reports back to your phone or browser. BRNKL Blue covers cameras, GPS position, bilge, batteries, shore power, connected sensors and NMEA 2000 data, and alerts you when something changes.
Can I monitor my boat remotely from my phone?
Yes. BRNKL Blue is used from a phone app or a browser, so you can check the boat from home, from work or while travelling, provided the boat has an internet connection.
What can I monitor remotely on my boat?
Bilge activity, battery voltage, shore power, GPS position and previous tracks, boat movement, connected sensors, compatible engine and vessel data over NMEA 2000, and live and recorded cameras.
Can BRNKL Blue monitor my boat's bilge?
Yes. Boat bilge monitoring is one of the most common reasons owners fit it. Bilge activity is shown in the app, and high-water readings are available where a suitable bilge sensor is connected during installation.
Can I monitor my boat batteries remotely?
Yes. Battery voltage and power condition are shown in the app, and you can set an alert to tell you when voltage drops below a level you choose.
Will BRNKL Blue alert me if shore power fails?
Yes. Shore power monitoring is included, and a loss of shore power can trigger an alert so you know before the batteries are affected.
Can I see my boat cameras remotely?
Yes. BRNKL Blue supports compatible RTSP and ONVIF IP cameras for live remote viewing, with continuous and event-based recording to local storage on the boat.
Does BRNKL Blue provide GPS boat tracking?
Yes. It shows current position and previous tracks, and records movement alongside camera footage and vessel data on the same timeline.
What is a boat geofence alert?
A geofence is an area you define around a berth, mooring or cruising ground. A boat geofence alert tells you if the boat moves outside that area, which is useful while the boat is unattended.
Does BRNKL Blue work with NMEA 2000?
Yes. It connects to the existing NMEA 2000 network and brings compatible engine, fuel, depth and navigation data into the monitoring platform. What is available depends on what your instruments and engines publish to the bus.
Does BRNKL Blue require a subscription?
There is no recurring BRNKL software subscription. Video is stored locally as standard on 1TB or 4TB. You still need an internet connection on the boat, such as Starlink, cellular or satellite, which is billed by that provider.
Can I review previous boat trips and camera footage?
Yes. Video, position and vessel data replay together on one time-aligned timeline, so you can review a passage or a specific event, and export footage if you need it.
How many cameras can BRNKL Blue record?
Multiple compatible RTSP or ONVIF IP camera streams, recorded to 1TB or 4TB of local storage. The practical number depends on camera resolution, bitrate and how the boat is cabled, so we confirm it per installation.
Does BRNKL Blue work with Starlink?
Yes. BRNKL Blue uses whatever connectivity is already on the boat, including Starlink, cellular or satellite. The airtime for that service is charged by the provider, not by us.
Who supplies and installs BRNKL Blue in the UK?
Mission Dynamics. We are a distributor in Europe and advise on configuration, supply the equipment, arrange installation and support the system afterwards from the UK.

See how remote boat monitoring would work on your boat

Tell us about your boat, how it is connected and what you want to monitor. Mission Dynamics will recommend a BRNKL Blue configuration covering the cameras, tracking, onboard systems and alerts that matter to you.

Book a 15-minute demo and we will walk through the app on a boat like yours.

Mission Dynamics supplies and supports BRNKL Blue throughout the UK and Europe: configuration advice, equipment, installation and ongoing support. One system, one point of contact.

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