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I can’t shout into the wind, I lose my voice really quickly and trying to communicate on larger boats becomes really tricky for me. I tried out an Expand mesh Sena headset<\/a> on a larger boat crossing the Atlantic and went from a sceptic to a fan-girl in an instant. It was a case of not knowing what you don’t know… until you try it.<\/p>\n When I saw at a the METS trade Show in November 2024 that Sena were launching a new, near ear headset, I was one of the first to put my name down to test it out. The Sena Nautitalk Crew intercom arrived in February of 2025 and it’s been on test ever since.<\/p>\n Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n Weight: 20 grams <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The first surprise? It <\/span>clips to your hat. No faffing with over-ear clamps or trying to wedge a slippery ear piece in or over my small ear. It\u2019s designed to perch just near your ear\u2014not on it, not in it, and that\u2019s a big advantage I think.<\/p>\n The near-ear speaker design means I can still hear ambient sound\u2014the change of engine note, the noises from a winch under tension and the crack of the spinnaker finally setting just right, or when I’m coastal rowing, I can hear the wild life around me.<\/span><\/p>\n Sena Nautitalk Crew Intercom<\/p><\/div>\n I tested the Sena Nautitalk Crew across a range of on-water activities:<\/span><\/p>\n The flip-down mic design is one of those elegant solutions that makes you wonder why everyone else hasn\u2019t been doing it for years. Need to speak? Flip the boom down. Want to stop transmitting? Flip it up. No buttons to fumble with, no muting drama. You just move it and it obeys, with a calm vice informing you that “mike off” or “mike on”. <\/span>And it stays in place. Even with a decent breeze and plenty of head movement, the mic arm didn\u2019t budge or flap about.<\/span><\/p>\n Battery life easily got me through <\/span>a full day of use, including a fair bit of chat during coastal rowing and on-and-off use during yacht docking manoeuvres. Sena claims around 8 hours of talk time, and I\u2019d say that\u2019s fairly accurate. Charging is USB-C and moderately quick.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s <\/span>light enough that I forgot I had it clipped on. I did struggle a bit with my sunglasses and couldn’t quite work out the best way to balance the two without feeling that the intercom was standing away from my ear more than I’d like.\u00a0 But I might find a better way with a little more practice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It uses Bluetooth Mesh for multi-user crew communication. Sena\u2019s tech seems solid; it didn\u2019t drop out once during our tests. No fiddly pairing, just switch on, press the middle button, get the green flash and audible confirmation that we’re all connected up and away we go, it takes about 2 seconds.<\/p>\n The range is no issue when you’re on deck talking bow to stern, or up a mast talking to someone below on deck or in the cockpit. When we were rowing, we were up to quarter of a mile away and audio was still clear.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you are interested in other intercoms I have looked at, then there’s a couple more options in my buyers guide to the best marine intercoms<\/a>. For a Sena expand mesh<\/a> model, I reviewed that too if you want something a little larger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sena Nautitalk Crew Headset \u2013 Clear Comms, No Fuss, No Shouting I can’t shout into the wind, I lose my voice really quickly and trying to communicate on larger boats becomes really tricky for me. I tried out an Expand mesh Sena headset on a larger boat crossing the Atlantic and went from a sceptic to a fan-girl in an instant. It was a case of not knowing what you don’t know… until you try it. When I saw at a the METS trade Show in November 2024 that Sena were launching a new, near ear headset, I was one of the first to put my name down to test it out. The Sena Nautitalk Crew intercom arrived in February of 2025 and it’s been on test ever since. Specifications Weight: 20 grams Water Resistance: IPX5-rated, suitable for marine conditions Mounting Options: Easily attaches to caps or water sports helmets; a neck holder is available as an accessory AI-based noise reduction for clear communication Mesh Intercom\u2122 3.0 technology (Supports both Mesh 3.0 and 2.0 for backward compatibility) Open Mesh Intercom with 9 channels and virtually unlimited participants Bluetooth 5.2 for over-the-air updates and device pairing Sena Nautitalk Crew First Look \u2013 Small, Smart, and Hat-Friendly The first surprise? It clips to your hat. No faffing with over-ear clamps or trying to wedge a slippery ear piece in or over my small ear. It\u2019s designed to perch just near your ear\u2014not on it, not in it, and that\u2019s a big advantage I think. The near-ear speaker design means I can still hear ambient sound\u2014the change of engine note, the noises from a winch under tension and the crack of the spinnaker finally setting just right, or when I’m coastal rowing, I can hear the wild life around me. Testing \u2013 From Rowing to Rigging I tested the Sena Nautitalk Crew across a range of on-water activities: Coastal rowing, I handed these to my coastal rowing instructor. He struggles with in ear or over ear headsets so he was keen to give them a go. They work well between instructor and student on the water. They also work really well between two instructors coordinating efforts out of earshot of students. I’d like to try out a few more of the head sets within a larger group of rowers on the water having a bit of a day out. Yacht docking, shorthanded with two people, one on lines the other on helm. It’s really useful being able to calmly relay info between each other. If I’ve got to go around again because I cocked up the approach, its much less embarrassing to be able to say this quietly in the ear of my mate than having to shout out that I made a mess of it. Equally, it’s lovely having the reassurance that the line is made off on the dock or that we are just 1 meter away, half a meter, and so on, just neatly and calmly docking, like …Continue reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4294,"featured_media":158023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[2233,24],"review_manufacturer":[],"review_category":[294],"review_type":[811],"review_award":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/157991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157991"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/157991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158182,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/157991\/revisions\/158182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157991"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=157991"},{"taxonomy":"review_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_category?post=157991"},{"taxonomy":"review_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_type?post=157991"},{"taxonomy":"review_award","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_award?post=157991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWater Resistance: IPX5-rated, suitable for marine conditions
\nMounting Options: Easily attaches to caps or water sports helmets; a neck holder is available as an accessory
\nAI-based noise reduction for clear communication
\nMesh Intercom\u2122 3.0 technology (Supports both Mesh 3.0 and 2.0 for backward compatibility)
\nOpen Mesh Intercom with 9 channels and virtually unlimited participants
\nBluetooth 5.2 for over-the-air updates and device pairing<\/p>\n<\/div>\nSena Nautitalk Crew First Look \u2013 Small, Smart, and Hat-Friendly<\/b><\/h2>\n
Testing \u2013 From Rowing to Rigging<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Sena Nautitalk Crew <\/b>Flip Mic<\/b><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nSena Nautitalk Crew <\/b>Battery, Fit & Comfort<\/b><\/h2>\n
Sena Nautitalk Crew <\/b>Range & Reliability<\/b><\/h2>\n
Why I Love It<\/b><\/h2>\n
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A Couple of Niggles<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
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