BOATING
WIDE
VIEW
Peter Kleinknecht is a boater who
likes to keep an eye on things.
Multiple cameras on his 45-foot CABO
help him monitor everything from the
engine room to the water below.
BY WILLI MILLER
PHOTOS BY ROB DOWNEY
Before Peter Kleinknecht picked out his new boat
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earlier this year, he did his homework. He compiled
an extensive wish list after online research
with his sons and strolling boat shows with Steve
Irwin, owner of Island Marine Services in Fort
Pierce – the man Kleinknecht refers to as the smartest
computer geek on boats.
Kleinknecht’s list for the 2006 CABO 45 Express, “Knight
Cru,” included the obvious – GPS, radar, depth finders – but
those were just the basics. He wanted to be able to see fore,
aft and in every other direction, day or night. He wanted
teaser cameras so he could see the fish pursuing his lines. He
wanted an infrared camera so he could run at night. FLIR,
the company that provides night-vision systems for law
enforcement, supplied the thermal imaging system – a recent
option for pleasure craft.
Peter Kleinknecht’s
CABO 45 Express,
right, cuts through
the Fort Pierce Inlet.
From the tower, the
captain has access
to night vision
navigation equipment,
port and starboard
underwater
cameras, radar, a
depth sounder and
a chart plotter.
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