BMEA

The Conference was opened by Paul Holland as BMEA Chairman, thanking our headline sponsor Victron Energy bv for their support. Paul also referred to our lose relationship with NMEA, welcoming the president, David Hayden, Technical Director Steve Spitzer and his assistant Technical Director, Dave Morschhauser. Paul emphasised the continuing and increasing importance of training and the changes to the BMET certification, following a meeting with NMEA at METS last November. We would be hearing about NMEA as a whole as well as seeing a demonstration of NMEA 2000 during the afternoon.

Radar systems on small marine craft have come a long way in the past few years. In part, this has been related to the developments in networking and display systems, applicable to all the instrumentation on board, but some changes are specific to the radar systems alone. One of the biggest advances came with the [...]

Kicking off on Friday 8 January, the Tullett Prebon London International Boat Show at Londons ExCeL is set to be 10 of the busiest days in the capitals boating calendar. The Show is Londons leading and most established annual event showcasing boating, marine products and lifestyle.

Based on the foundations of innovation, performance, convenience and value, Garmin has come a long way since its humble beginnings as a two man workforce in 1989. Now employing over 9,000 people and serving some of the largest marine OEMs worldwide, Garmin is a household name in sectors from marine electronics to aviation, fitness to automotive.

Raymarine will be showcasing its new range of products at the 2010 Tullet Prebon London International Boat Show on Stand N028J.

BMEA Direct is distributed to all members of the BMEA, including dealers, retailers, manufacturers, distributors and others involved in the design, manufacturing, sales, installation and service of marine electronics for recreational boating and the commercial maritime marketplace.

Customers and members of the British Marine Electronic Association (BMEA) can now keep up to date with the associations activities on the social networking phenomenon, Twitter! News stories from the Associations members, industry developments as well as development from the BMEA itself will be posted.

Ships Electronics Services (SES) has been appointed by SeaView Europe as the exclusive UK distributor of its Radar and Communications mounting brackets.

Lowrance introudces its new Elite series of colour fishfinder and GPS-chartplotter units. Comprised of three models and scheduled for March 2010 availability, the Elite-5x fishfinder, Elite-5m chartplotter and Elite-5  fishfinder/chartplotter deliver a new standard of feature-rich, high-performance, easy-to-use electronics with affordable pricing. All models are designed with a true 5-inch, 480×480-pixel SolarMAX™ 256-color display with [...]

Lowrance, introduces its new Mark series of single- and dual frequency fishfinders, the Mark-5x and Mark-5x Portable. Delivering the high-quality sonar performance anglers expect from Lowrance, Mark series fishfinders also feature a full 5-inch, bright-white, 480×480-pixel, SuperTwist™ LED display for easy viewing in all lighting conditions, plus 16 level gray scale definition that delivers maximum target detail and separation.