BMEA

There is an excellent opportunity for our “waterside dealers” to meet the requirement of the BMEA Constitution Bye-laws that all such members must have at least one engineer at all their premises, either certificated to the BMET (British Marine Electrical Engineer) or MEI (Marine Electronics Installer).

SM GROUP (Europe) Ltd., the United Kingdom’s specialist distributor of a comprehensive catalogue of marine electronics, are delighted to announce the introduction of the new Maretron switching device to its vessel monitoring and control portfolio. The DCR100 Direct Current Relay Module brings a simplified method for controlling electrical switching over an NMEA 2000® network.

Raymarine, has signed a new two-year deal with Cornish Crabbers, the world-renowned brand of classically styled sailing yachts, to become exclusive electronics supplier.

Seawork visitors will have the opportunity to preview the latest range of marine electronics from leading UK-based manufacturer, Raymarine. Stocked with a full product range, the Raymarine exhibition trailer will be in attendance and manned by Raymarine’s team of product experts, who will be available throughout the event to offer advice to both existing and potential customers.

With more and more yachts fitting AIS receivers and transponders, it makes sense to use a VHF antenna that’s up to the job. AIS systems actually utilise a frequency of around 162 MHz whereas traditional VHF operates at 156 MHz. The difference does not sound significant, but the use of a dedicated, tuned AIS antenna will significantly enhance performance of both receivers and transponders.

It is with great sadness that we have been informed that Gordon Leech passed away after a short illness on Saturday 9 April, he was 77.

Visitors to the Barclays Wealth Jersey Boat Show over the first May Bank Holiday weekend will have the opportunity to preview the latest range of marine electronics from leading UK-based manufacturer, Raymarine. Stocked with a full product range, the Raymarine exhibition trailer will be in attendance and manned by Raymarine’s team of product experts, who will be available throughout the event to offer advice to both existing and potential customers.

Lowrance, a world-leader in outdoor electronics since 1957 and GPS navigational systems since 1992, has received an award for its Elite-5x DSI eshosounder at the 10th edition of the European Sea Fishing Show in Nantes, France.

Digital Yacht and Actisense, two UK based specialist marine electronic manufacturing companies have announced an exciting agreement for marketing in China. Actisense will share Digital Yacht’s Shanghai facility, which opened at the beginning of 2010, to offer a local language and logistics facility for their range of products in the Chinese market place.

Last week saw a fantastic day sailing from Port Solent on the new Sunsail F40 fleet. Garmin and Sunsail were joined by a host of journalists and marine industry professionals to have their first sail of the F40’s in the Solent with the Garmin electronics.