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Vesper Marine app enhances safety
New Zealand based Vesper Marine’s new deckWatch app relays AIS alerts and vessel data to provide users with critical safety information instantly and anywhere on a boat.
The app sends safety data and alerts to a smartwatch directly from Vesper Marine smartAIS devices without the need of a phone or tablet to relay the information.
“When reaction time is measured in seconds, you need immediate information to make a proper response,” said Jeff Robbins, CEO of Vesper Marine.
If a collision alarm is triggered, users can see the bearing and distance of a vessel that is a collision risk, allowing them to change course or contact the other vessel. With anchor watch, users tap their smartwatch to mark the precise location when the anchor is dropped, as well as monitor if the anchor is dragging.
Vesper Marine’s app works with any brand of man overboard device and when a MOB situation is encountered, it triggers a dedicated audible alarm. The user is simultaneously alerted on their smartwatch with continuously updated bearing and range to the person in the water.
The deckWatch app is available for all watches with the Android Wear 2 OS.
Meaco dehumidifer prevents damp and mosture build-up
Preventing damp and the build-up of moisture can often be remedied by opening a window. However, in unheated spaces such as a boat left vacant for long periods over winter, this is not an option.
Meaco’s DD8L Zambezi dehumidifier is designed and developed to address many of the problems boat owners face – to reduce the level of humidity in the air and help keep boats and their contents dry, designed to function consistently well at all temperatures.
“Every day we have people who call us to say that they are suffering from mould or musty smells and want protection over winter,” explained Meaco’s director, Chris Michael.
Features include a daily run timer to turn the dehumidifier on and off at particular times, so taking advantage of off-peak electricity hours.
In addition, the dehumidifier will drain into a sink via a hose and if there is a power cut it will turn itself back on and start working again when the power is restored.
“Zambezi can do that easily and has the added advantage of adding some warmth to the air which is helpful during the winter months. As it is a desiccant dehumidifier it does not have a compressor, refrigerant or cooling coils which makes it lighter, quieter and kinder on the environment when it has to be recycled at the end of its lifespan.”
78 | The Report • September 2017 • Issue 81
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