The Boat Operating System

Every onboard system is intelligent.
What if your boat was too?

Zora connects navigation, weather, power, safety and every onboard system into one intelligent operating layer.

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The Real Challenge

The next breakthrough isn't another system.

Navigation.

Power.

Weather.

Communications.

Maintenance.

Each one does exactly what it was designed to do.

The challenge begins where those systems meet.

Every decision depends on context.

External intelligenceInformation from the environment.

WeatherChartsTidesAIS

Onboard systemsSystems designed to do their job.

NavigationRadarAutopilotCommsCamerasDisplays

Operational layer · connects, contextualizes, orchestrates

Unified informationOperational contextSmarter decisions

Onboard systemsHardware and services that power the vessel.

PowerEnginesFuelHVACWaterLightingSecurity

The vesselThe platform everything relies on.

HullRigHelm

The Missing Layer

Modern boats need an operating system.

Not another app.

Not another dashboard.

Not another disconnected interface.

One 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.

Weather

Propulsion

Cameras

Safety

Lighting

Maintenance

Energy

Navigation

Boat Operating
System

Context Changes Everything

Understanding changes everything.

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 changed.

Your boat already has the information.

Zora gives it context.

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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 & tutorials

The Point of It All

Technology should make boating simpler.

People don't go boating to manage technology, they go boating to enjoy the journey.

That's why we built Zora.

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0+Installations
on real boats

0North America · Europe
Australia · New Zealand

Owners · Captains
Installers · Builderstrust Zora every day

Open ArchitectureWorks with the
equipment you choose

Runs Locally OnboardReliable. Secure.
Even when offshore.

Voices From the Helm

Real boats. Real people. Real results.

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

13,000+NM logged

2023Setting sail

PanamaCanal transit

NZCurrent port

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.

Insights

Ideas and knowledge for the journey ahead.

Operational Intelligence

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