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Salt exposure means stainless hardware only, and radar or other transmitting electronics need real separation from the dish to avoid interference. For dealers and installers, this is quickly becoming a standard add-on conversation, not a niche one, especially for anyone doing remote work from the boat or spending extended time at anchor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68fc31c518755a0032598611/b6b15e76-bb89-44a0-80b0-533ba12f0fc7/activetarget-2-hds-pro-16-ff.jpg Blog - What Boat Owners Are Adding On in 2026: The Marine Electronics Trends Worth Knowing Live sonar has been the biggest thing in recreational fishing electronics for a few years now, and 2026's upgrades are pushing it further. Systems like Lowrance's newest ActiveTarget model are delivering sharper, more intuitive real-time views of what's happening beneath and around the boat, which is exactly what anglers have been asking for since the category first launched. On the transducer side, new ultrawide chirp options are giving anglers a much broader view of the water column instead of a narrow cone, which matters most for offshore and big-game fishing where bait schools and predators are spread out rather than stacked directly under the hull. If you sell to anglers, live sonar and wide-beam transducers remain the single easiest upsell conversation you can have this season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68fc31c518755a0032598611/874b94b1-45b6-44e6-84df-f594cbe9a711/6d6722_83ec3b44b6d54f8fbe315cb59eef8e86%7Emv2.jpg Blog - What Boat Owners Are Adding On in 2026: The Marine Electronics Trends Worth Knowing The most talked-about shift this year isn't a screen or a sensor, it's software. AI-assisted systems are moving well past basic autopilot and into genuine co-pilot territory: intelligent route planning, object detection, and docking assistance that takes the stress out of the hardest part of boat ownership for a lot of owners. 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