Can I see my batteries, engine and tanks from my phone?
Yes. Shimbiri’s Chief Engineer watches the boat’s systems: engine, batteries, charging, tanks and bilge, from the boat’s own instruments, and shows them on your phone or PC wherever you are.
Ask it a question and it answers from the live readings, and it tells you when a sensor is reading wrong instead of repeating it.
What it does
- Engine: RPM, oil pressure, temperatures, hours
- Batteries: voltage, state of charge, charging and runtime
- Tanks: fuel and water in litres, with range
- Bilge and alarms, with critical engine alarms sent to your phone
- History of every reading, and warnings when a trend looks wrong
Shimbiri’s own tracking page shows the boat’s live state right now, published from her instruments.
See Shimbiri now →Seen at sea
Bermagui, 19 September 2026, fuelling for Sydney. Asked for the full engine and systems status, the Chief Engineer read the engine at 2,031 RPM with 4.8 bar oil pressure, the house bank at 54% and charging, and both diesel tanks in litres, about 487 L in all, and called it a full ship for Sydney with margin. At the pump that afternoon the skipper watched both tank gauges rise on Shimbiri as the diesel went in. The port tank took 162 litres while its gauge rose 129, and the Chief Engineer flagged it: either the tank is larger than its profile says, or the sender reads low. Earlier in the month it diagnosed a recovering start battery and a healthy alternator from the live readings, and flagged an 82 V reading as a faulty sensor rather than repeating it.
What you need
Needs the Chief Engineer pack aboard, connected to the boat’s instruments.