BMEA

Raymarine has been announced as the Navigation Partner for the Sea element of RB12, the “Land, Sea and Air marathon”. Up to 50 cars, 50 boats and 50 aircraft will be pitting their skills against the others in their discipline on a route which takes them around Britain – on the sea, in the sky and on roads. The event starts on 21 June 2012 at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, venue for this year’s Olympic sailing events, and finishes back at Weymouth some 10 days later.

Lowrance is showing two new product lines for the first time in the UK, at the London International Boat Show 2012.

McMurdo Ltd and Garmin have joined forces and are pleased to announce that with immediate effect, all AIS-equipped Garmin plotters will be optimised to work with the McMurdo Smartfind S10 personal AIS Beacon and the Kannad Marine SafeLink R10 Survivor Recovery System (SRS).

Digital Yacht has produced a top of the range AIS receiver that matches and exceeds the performances of the more expensive brands for a fraction of the price.

Called the AIS100PRO, it has both NMEA and USB outputs so it’s ideal for use with PC and MAC based navigation software as well as chart plotters from manufacturers like Garmin, Raymarine, Lowrance, Standard Horizon, Simrad, Furuno and many more. Both outputs can be simultaneously connected allowing for say a PC installation at the chart table and a dedicated plotter in the cockpit or on the fly bridge, which is an increasingly popular option for navigation.

Sailing is generally a fun past time, but a man over board situation is one that every captain fears. Digital Yacht has launched a potentially life-saving product called AIS Life Guard. Each crew member needs to be carrying a personal AIS device – like the ones made by companies such as Easy, Kannad and McMurdo. Just connect the AIS Life Guard to an on board AIS transponder or AIS receiver and you have a fully operational AIS SART man overboard system. The AIS Life Guard detects both message 1 and message 14 (these are reserved for AIS SART messaging). As soon as an AIS SART transmission is detected the AIS Life Guard will sound an internal 95db alarm and also display a red warning light. So within seconds the helmsman will be aware if a member of the crew or passenger has fallen overboard.

A McMurdo EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) has saved the lives of two Trans-Atlantic rowers, who were successfully rescued when they activated the beacon after their boat sank in the middle of the Atlantic.

Two of the UK’s leading, specialist, value added resellers of marine electronic products, Marine Electronic Services Ltd and Cactus Navigation and Communication Ltd, have been sold to a new venture backed by Vigo FI SL for an undisclosed sum.

Icom UK will be having a very special offer for customers who are looking to purchase a Handheld VHF marine radio at next year’s London Boatshow. Customers who purchase either the IC-M23, IC-M35 or IC-M71 will not only have the chance to upgrade their radio warranty to full 3 years but will also have the opportunity to receive a lifetime battery guarantee.

Icom will be launching its next generation of marine VHF radios on stand B112 at the London Boatshow 2012. The new range of products will be kept firmly under wraps until our press launch on the opening day. From then on, they can be seen with the rest of our extensive range of radio equipment on stand B112, situated in the equipment and fittings section of the North Hall of the show.