Every onboard system is intelligent. What if your boat was too?
Zora is the operating system for modern boats — one layer that brings every onboard system together into a single operating experience.
For decades, the marine industry has built extraordinary products. Each one has become more intelligent. More connected. More capable. Exactly as it should.
But operating a boat has never been about one system. It's about everything working together. Every decision depends on context — navigation, weather, power, propulsion, maintenance, security. Every system influences the others.
Yet no single system was ever intended to understand the operation of the entire vessel.
Not because anyone got it wrong. Because that was never its job.
We believe modern boats need an operating system.
A single layer that brings every onboard system together into one operating experience.
One place to understand what's happening. One place to make better decisions. One boat.
That's why we built Zora.
Your boat already has the information. Zora gives it context.
When every onboard system understands what's happening across the rest of the vessel, every onboard system becomes more valuable.
Not because the technology changed. Because its understanding did.
Meet Zora 3.0
See it in action — one operating system, every onboard signal, anywhere on board.
Meet Zora 3.0 Zora 3.0 2:14 All videos & tutorialsThe same Zora at the helm, in the salon, and in your pocket.
Not a mirrored screen — a fully functional workstation on every connected device. The information you need moves with you.
The old way, and the Zora way.
- Switching apps just to cross-reference basics
- Alerts buried in notifications you'll never see
- Helm-only access — nothing below or ashore
- Every upgrade adds another vendor login
- Charts, AIS, switching, weather and engine — one workflow
- Alerts before issues escalate — every emergency auto-logged
- Same UI on glass helm, tablet, iPad, or phone — onboard or ashore
- Profiles for cruising, sailing, anchoring or docking
Voices From the Helm
Stories from the people aboard.
Bob & Kim Stephens
SV Meraviglia · 13,000+ NM“With Zora, we can see all our systems — engine, electrical, navigational, radar, weather — all in one place. We’re no longer tied to the helm to understand what’s happening.”
Rod Stright
Former Canadian Coast Guard“My entire career in the Canadian Coast Guard was dedicated to promoting and teaching safety and ensuring operators of ships and small vessels are prepared for everything they’ll run into on the high seas. I believe Zora will be a game changer when it comes to safe and efficient vessel operations.”
Andy Simonds
Former Airline Pilot“As a former Airline Pilot accustomed to navigation instruments and electronics from my years in the cockpit of a jet, I recognized Zora as the evolution of the multifunction display. Situational awareness on a jet is of the highest importance.”
A Detailed, Honest & Insightful Review
Zora Implementation on Meraviglia
Bob & Kim Stephens — 1985 Stevens 47, mid-circumnavigation
We are Bob and Kim Stephens and we live on board Meraviglia, our 1985 Stevens 47. We have logged over 13,000 nautical miles since setting sail in 2023, cruising the Caribbean, transiting the Panama Canal, and crossing the Pacific Ocean. We are currently in New Zealand readying Meraviglia for another cruising season as we continue our circumnavigation.
The miles we’ve sailed have taught us that boats — even older ones like ours — are complicated. Fuel systems, engine systems, electrical systems, navigation systems — it’s a lot. We’ve also learned that information is critical not only for safety, but for enjoying offshore sailing.
In managing that information, we identified some problems:
- Our navigational data was only at the helm. No one wants to be tied to the helm station when it’s cold and raining and blowing 25 knots. We want to be under the dodger keeping warm and dry.
- We got tired of accessing multiple systems in multiple places in order to get a comprehensive picture of our systems status.
- We each process information differently, so a single display format often was a compromise, not working optimally for either of us.
- Not having simultaneous access for both of us, even if one of us is at the helm and the other is below.
We chose Zora as a way to solve these problems.
With Zora, we can have all the information for all of Meraviglia’s systems wherever we are — at the helm, under the dodger, down below, even ashore, on our laptop, tablet, or phone. We can see all of our systems — engine, electrical, navigational, radar, and tank data, along with weather, anchorage, and tidal information — all in one place.
Each of us can configure our display however we like. Zora helps us process information in the way that works best for each of us.
Installation has been extremely straightforward. Zora is compact, easily mounted, and uses very little power. We have found the interface extremely intuitive. When we’ve had a question, iNav4U support has been right there to make sure we succeed. It’s reassuring to get support from someone who has been at the helm in their own boat.
We’re excited to get back out there and really put Zora through its paces. We just need that weather window.
Technology should make boating simpler. People don't go boating to manage technology. They go boating to enjoy the journey.
Learn how Zora brings modern boats together into one operating experience.