B&G® Expands the Nemesis™ Line up
Big Legacy
&G® is 70 years old next month. The anniversary marks seven decades for a brand constantly at the forefront of marine electronics technology. For cruising sailors the world over, it is
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synonymous with navigational excellence. While for racers of every competence, its systems are recognised for playing just as important a role as boat speed. We look back on where it all began, reference some of the many milestones along the way, and reveal where it is today, part of the burgeoning Navico Group.
An abbreviation of Brookes & Gatehouse, B&G® got started in May 1956 when Major Richard Gatehouse, formerly a British army engineering officer and keen amateur yachtsman, saw an opportunity to develop electronic instruments for leisure sailors. With the support of investor Ronald Brookes, he proceeded to develop the ‘Homer’ receiver, the world’s first commercial direction finder, and soon after ‘Hecta’, the world’s first transistorised echosounder. And the rest, as they say, is history…
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We’re excited to introduce the 7-inch Nemesis display, expanding the versatility of the Nemesis line. Whether mounted in the cockpit or used as a secondary screen near the ropes, Nemesis ensures sailors have instant access to the trusted data they need, presented exactly how they want it, no matter the conditions
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More recently, award-winning navigator Simon ‘SiFi’ Fisher had two victories in six Ocean Race entries, all with B&G systems aboard, and Pip Hare trusted B&G for her 2020 and 2024 Vendee Globe campaigns.
Along the way B&G’s ‘industry firsts’ have kept coming. For instance, in 1970 it unveiled ‘Hadrian’, its first DR computer. Then it was one of the first to develop a fully integrated and networked instrument system. One of the first was installed in the 1970s aboard the America’s Cup contender Lionheart. Later its Network range of instruments led the way for the mainstream market. What’s more, B&G autopilots were using ‘artificial intelligence’ technology of the day back in the 1990s and, around the same time, it was one of the very first to give helmsmen the sort of ‘heads-up’ displays being used by F-15 jet-fighter pilots.
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Yasser Nafei
President, Electronic Solutions for Navico Group
Being at the forefront of technology has driven B&G to greatness alongside some of its highest profile customers. Sir Francis Chichester famously relied on B&G electronics during his record-breaking 1966-1967 solo-circumnavigation aboard Gypsy Moth IV. Its Hercules 290 multi-function data computer that launched in 1980 proved so good it ended up being banned for giving those racing with it an unfair advantage. Around 90% of the 1990 Whitbread RTWR fleet had B&G equipment aboard, including Peter Blake’s winning Steinlager II. Dame Ellen MacArthur relied on B&G autopilots for her 2002 Vendee Globe and for her 2005 record-breaking solo spin around the globe. Similarly, Dee Cafari completed no fewer than seven circumnavigations with B&G technology aboard, including the Volvo Ocean Race of 2015 and 2018.
Ronald Brookes sold his stake in B&G in the 1960s, but Richard Gatehouse continued to expand it through until the late 1970s. Since then, B&G has had various owners. Lewmar Marine acquired it for a while from late 1987, although the two had already started to co-operate on the development of an autopilot a few years earlier.
By 1992 B&G had moved from its original facility in Lymington, Hampshire, to a purpose-built site in Romsey on the opposite side of that English county. But it was 20 years ago when things ramped up significantly. 2006 saw private-equity firm Altor bring B&G together with two other prominent marine electronics brands, Simrad and Lowrance, and all under the umbrella of a newly formed Navico. Today the latter remains one of the world’s top three marine electronics groups.
B&G began 2026 with the launch of its smallest Nemesis, a 7in on-deck instrument. Suitable for both cruising and racing, it is fully customisable and offers various display modes, including an all-new autopilot screen for managing wind and rudder angles. It is also compatible with mobile devices such as the Apple Watch.
There are also revolutionary new C-MAP-based chartplotters – specifically the 10in, 12in and 16in Zeus SR models, which deliver a smoother and faster user-experience, and the top-of-the-line 16in and 22in Zeus SRX units. With their frameless glass displays, the latter units have already been heralded as yet another B&G breakthrough range.
Demonstrations of the new Zeus® SRX units will be available at the upcoming 2026 Palma International Boat Show (April 29-May 2) and subsequently at all major international shows.
Nemesis 7 Landscape light & dark sailsteer
Dufour 44
Zeus SR 12” Cruise Mode
Zeus SRX 22” Race Mode