BMEA

The syllabus covers the underpinning knowledge of marine electrical systems and marine instrumentation. It leads from a revision of dc & ac theory into its application to electrical equipment. It includes the basic sensors and control systems with drawings used on a typical marine installation.

Garmin is proud to introduce the Oregon series of handheld GPS devices for marine, outdoor and fitness enthusiasts, combining an intuitive touchscreen interface, rugged, resilient design and a variety of preloaded mapping options.

Touch is the latest electronic chart plotter product from Digital Yacht. As its names implies, it uses touchscreen technology for fingertip cursor control and data entry.

Garmin is introducing its first wind sensor for its marine networking range of instruments. The GWS 10 Wind Sensor is a modern new wind vane that not only monitors wind speed and direction but also provides barometric pressure and air temperature data – in effect, a mini weather station suitable for sailing boats and power craft.

Garmin, is pleased to announce the launch of the VHF 100i and VHF 200i, two new powerful VHF radios.

Raymarine has announced that the company has sold its 1000th G Series system at METS. Azimut, Ferretti and Uniesse are amongst boat manufacturers that have recently confirmed orders, taking total sales of the company’s top of the range multifunction display system to over 1000 since its launch in Autumn ‘07.

Digital Yacht has launched the DigitalVision TV5 satellite TV system for boats. It is a fully automatic and stabilised satellite tracking system, so TV can be received even whilst underway or at anchor with no manual realignment of the antenna required.

Garmin is pleased to announce the next generation of its BlueChart® g2 and BlueChart g2 Vision™ technology – giving boaters even more dimension and information to what is already considered the benchmark in marine cartography.

Garmin, is delighted to announce the launch of the GPSMAP 620 – an ultra portable and rugged touchscreen navigator with worldwide basemap and shaded relief.

The world’s largest marine electronics comparison website www.Navigate-us.com has announced the winner of the ‘People’s favourite handheld VHF radio’ as Icom’s IC-M71! All votes were cast online by members of the site.