Overview

Design

Connectivity
Design

Built to live on a boat.

One piece, welded shut at the factory. Nothing to open, nothing to plug in and nothing to service inside.

The orange Hodalo tag in its light-grey cradle, seen from a low angle: the cradle wall with finger slots hides most of the tag's side, and the raised orange rim, clear top and four thin spokes show above it

  • A raised rim.

    The rim stands just above the clear top, so flat and straight objects land on the rim and not on the clear top.1

  • A clear, coated top.

    Clear polycarbonate over the solar ring and the antenna, with a UV-blocking hard coat and a water-shedding top coat.

  • Made for the weather.

    The body, rim and cradle are an outdoor-grade plastic, chosen for sun, salt, heat and cold.

  • Held by its cradle.

    The tag locks into a cradle fixed to the deck. The cradle wall stands around the tag’s side, with slots for fingers. If the tag does come off the boat, it does not float.

65 mm across. Low on the deck.

From the side

Side view of the tag in its cradle: the light-grey cradle wall hides most of the tag, and the orange tag shows through a finger slot about 24 mm 77 mm

Cradle 77 mm across. In it, the tag stands about 24 mm above the deck. The tag itself is 18 mm tall.1

From above

Top view: orange rim, clear top over dark solar cells crossed by four thin orange spokes, square orange centre with an engraved h, and the light-grey cradle ring around it 65 mm 77 mm

Tag 65 mm across, cradle 77 mm. The tag weighs about 64 g.8

What’s inside.

Sealed for good, so here it is taken apart. Pick a number.

The tag pulled apart from top to bottom: orange lid rim with four thin spokes and a square centre, clear top, dark solar cells, circuit board with antenna, two sealed cells, orange shell and light-grey cradle

Inside shown simplified. Open the 3D model

  1. The raised edge around the top. It stands just above the clear top, and four thin spokes join it to the square centre.1

  2. Clear polycarbonate over the solar ring and the antenna.

  3. A ring of solar cells, 13 cm² in all, charges the battery.1

  4. Sits under the clear top. It needs open sky.

  5. Satellite radio, mobile radio, positioning, and a motion sensor that reads tilt and the start of movement.

  6. Two rechargeable lithium-ion cells. Sealed in, not replaceable.

  7. For LTE-M, wherever the tag has signal.4

  8. Two contacts on the side of the tag tell when it is wet or under water.1

  9. Welded shut at the factory. No seams to open.

  10. 77 mm across and bonded to the deck. The tag twists into three lugs and a latch clicks shut. The wall has slots for fingers.

Talk to us

Know where every boat is.

If you run a resort, a camp or a rental dock, tell us about your site and your fleet, and we will tell you plainly whether Hodalo fits.

Talk to us

A short call, no slides. Or write to hello@hodalo.com.

The orange Hodalo tag in its light-grey cradle, seen from above at a three-quarter angle, with the cradle wall around its side.

Where we are

This is a plan, not a promise.

  1. Now Design on paper. No tag has been tested yet.
  2. Next Satellite link test from a real tag.
  3. Then Pilot season with a small number of sites, 10 tags per site.
  4. 2028 First paid deployments (target).