In 1971 That's when the truly innovative, successful product arrived.

Hadrian DR computer , combined data from the electronic compass Hestia with the Harrier slide , showing the distance the vessel had traveled from its intended route.

It must be taken into account that in those years GPS did not exist and only by calculating the estimate could the position of the boat be known. 1983 When Ronald Reagan made the satellite system available to the public, GPS replaced dead reckoning systems such as Hadrian.

Meanwhile, integrated instrument systems found their niche in performance systems for racing. B&G had developed his own Horatio navigation performance computer in 1972, in a joint project with the University of Southampton.

Hestia I evolve to the system Halcyon in 1975 .

These new electronic compasses were a crucial step towards being able to calculate true wind direction as a magnetic heading and these advances enabled the development of Hercules 190 .

Released in 1980 , the Hercules 190 It integrated an electronic compass, measurements of apparent wind speed, apparent wind angle and ship speed to produce an integrated instrument system that could present all its data on displays mounted on the ship.

“It was really the first commercial system where it was easy to get effective velocity (VMG) calculations, true wind angles and true wind speeds,”

said Richard Russell, who joined B&G in 1980 (and worked briefly with Major Gatehouse), rising to director of yacht systems design before leaving in 1992 .

Until this date all systems were marketed with names of Greek gods, hence they were known as the computers of the gods.

SOURCE: NAVICO

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