B&G

B&G
TypePrivately Held
Owned by Navico
IndustryMarine Electronics
FoundedLymington, England (1956 (1956))
Headquarters
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Area served
Global
ProductsZeus, Vulcan, WTP, H5000, Triton, ForwardScan Sonar, HALO Radar, VHF
Websitewww.bandg.com

B&G, formerly known as Brookes & Gatehouse, is a developer and manufacturer of instrumentation, autopilot and navigation systems for racing and cruising sailing yachts.

History

The company was founded in 1956 by Major R.N. Gatehouse and Ronald Brookes who had formed a partnership the previous year to develop and manufacture a new radio direction finder (RDF) for use by private sailing boats.

Over the course of the 1950s, B&G, then based in Lymington, extended its activities into echo sounders and in 1960 produced its first speedometer.

The company has changed hands a number of times during and is now a brand of Navico, a Norwegian-based company in the marine electronics sector.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hi-tech marine company sold". Daily Echo. December 8, 2003.