Marine electronics in Southold.
Chartplotters, radar, VHF, sounders and full helm rebuilds for boats on Peconic Bay and Long Island Sound — installed at your dock in Southold.
LIME is an NMEA Certified marine electronics installer working across Suffolk County. We come to the boat wherever it sits — Founders Landing, Goose Creek and the Southold town ramps. When you call, you get the person who does the work.
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What We Do
Marine electronics installation in Southold.
Every install is done to ABYC electrical standards — tinned marine wire, correctly rated fuses, labelled circuits and a load test before we leave. Most Southold work is North Fork cruisers needing chartplotter, autopilot-ready wiring and reliable depth through the Gut.
Garmin, Simrad, Raymarine and Furuno displays sized to your helm, wired into a proper NMEA 2000 backbone so everything talks to everything.
Radar and AIS for running Peconic Bay and Long Island Sound in fog, at night and in traffic. Mounted, aligned and tuned so the picture is actually usable.
Fixed-mount VHF with DSC, proper antenna runs and clean grounds — so you are heard the first time you call.
Transducer placement is the whole job. We put it where it reads at speed for cruisers, sailboats and bay fishing boats, not just where it is easy to drill.
Custom fabricated panels when the factory dash will not take a modern display. Cut, finished and wired to look factory.
House banks, lithium conversions, charging and marine solar — all on the DC side, done properly.
Boating in Southold
We know the water you run.
Boats out of Southold run Peconic Bay and Long Island Sound. Most are cruisers, sailboats and bay fishing boats, launched and kept around Founders Landing, Goose Creek and the Southold town ramps. From there people head across the Peconics, and north through Plum Gut into the Sound.
That matters for what you should have at the helm. Southold boats are typically North Fork cruisers needing chartplotter, autopilot-ready wiring and reliable depth through the Gut. We size the electronics to how you actually use the boat — not to whatever is on the shelf.
We are on the water across Suffolk County every week. If you are in Southold, we are not making a special trip — we are already nearby.
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Our Process
How a Southold job runs.
You get the person doing the work, not a call centre. Tell us the boat, where it sits in Southold, and what you want it to do.
For anything substantial we come and look first — the helm, the wiring behind the dash, the cutout sizes. Guessing costs you money.
We go over time and labour costs with you before we start. Everything is time and materials — no fixed-price promises we cannot honour.
ABYC standards throughout — tinned wire, rated fuses, labelled circuits, sealed penetrations.
We power everything up, check the network, and walk you through it so you can actually use it.
60-day labour warranty. Equipment carries the manufacturer warranty. If something is not right, we come back.
Most Common Work
What we fix most on Southold boats.
After enough seasons working Suffolk County, patterns show up. These are the jobs that come up again and again on boats kept around Southold.
Plotter, radar, autopilot and engine data all bought at different times and never properly networked. We build one clean NMEA 2000 backbone with correct termination and power.
You bought the boat with the previous owner's electronics and no manuals. We work out what is actually there, what is worth keeping, and what should go.
House banks worn out from sitting all season. We test what you have, size the replacement properly, and sort the charging so it stops happening.
Unsealed penetrations wick water straight into the harness. We re-run, re-seal and route so nothing sits in a puddle.
Most owners add an autopilot later. We wire the helm so it can take one without tearing the dash apart a second time.
A radar left on factory settings shows noise, not targets. We set gain, sea and rain clutter for the water you run.
Why It Matters
Local knowledge is part of the job.
Anyone can bolt a screen to a dash. Setting it up for where you actually run is different. Boats working Peconic Bay and Long Island Sound out of Southold need charts, ranges and alarms configured for that water — not left on factory defaults.
We set depth alarms for the water you run, put the chart detail where you need it, and configure radar guard zones for the traffic you actually encounter heading across the Peconics, and north through Plum Gut into the Sound. It takes an extra half hour and it is the difference between electronics you trust and electronics you ignore.
We are also honest about what you do not need. If the boat does not justify a second display or a bigger radar, we will tell you. Selling you gear you will not use is a bad way to keep a customer in a town this size.
ABYC Electrical Standards
Empire Wind NETP Approved Vendor
5-Star Google Rating
Fully Insured
$140/hr · 4-Hour Minimum
60-Day Labour Warranty
Fair Pricing Up Front
What Boat Owners Say
Long Island boat owners, in their words.
"Booked out a few weeks but worth it. You can tell the difference when the person who quotes it is the person who wires it."
"Marked fish at thirty knots for the first time since I owned the boat. Turned out the transducer was in dirty water."
"Set up the plotter properly for where I actually run instead of leaving it on defaults."
Questions
Marine electronics in Southold — common questions.
Do you service boats in Southold?
Yes. LIME covers all of Suffolk County and the rest of Long Island, Southold included. We come to your boat — at the dock, on the mooring, on the lift or on the trailer. Travel is billed one way, portal-to-portal, with a 4-hour minimum.
What does marine electronics installation cost in Southold?
All work is time and materials — we never quote a firm fixed price. Labour runs at our NMEA MEI rate with a 4-hour minimum, portal-to-portal, and parts are billed at cost plus markup. We give you fair pricing up front so you know the scale of the job before we start.
Can you install electronics while my boat stays in Southold?
Almost always. Most chartplotter, radar, VHF, sounder and NMEA 2000 work happens right where the boat sits on Peconic Bay and Long Island Sound. Only bigger dash fabrication jobs are easier at a yard, and we will tell you up front if that is the case.
Which brands do you install?
Garmin, Simrad, Raymarine, Furuno, Icom, Fusion and more. LIME supplies all equipment we install — we do not fit customer-supplied gear, because we cannot warranty what we did not supply.
How long does a job in Southold take?
A single chartplotter or VHF swap is usually one visit. A full helm with plotter, radar, sounder and an NMEA 2000 backbone is typically one to two days. We give you a realistic timeline up front rather than a best case.
Are you certified?
Yes — NMEA Certified MEI, working to ABYC electrical standards, fully insured, and an Empire Wind NETP approved vendor. Labour carries a 60-day warranty; equipment carries the manufacturer's warranty.
Can you work on older boats?
Yes, and a lot of our work is exactly that — modern displays fitted to boats whose wiring is decades old. We replace what is tired rather than building on top of it.
Do you supply the equipment?
Yes, and only equipment we supply. We do not install customer-supplied gear, because we cannot stand behind hardware we did not source.
Boat in Southold? Let's get it sorted.
Call and you get the person doing the work. We come to the boat, look at what you have, and give you fair pricing up front.