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Lifecord - a kill cord you will never forget - launched by Landau
Lifecord is a newly designed kill cord providing the certainty and reliability of a tethered connection between a boat’s engine ignition kill switch and pilot, ensuring the vessel’s engine stops should the pilot be inadvertently thrown from the helm. However, unlike the typical passive kill cords commonly seen, Lifecord is a ‘smart’ kill cord incorporating detection technology designed to trigger an audible and visual warning alarm should Lifecord be connected to the boat’s kill switch but not the pilot, similar to the seatbelt warning in your car.
Lifecord’s uniquely designed Key and Clasp connector is comfortable to wear and can be operated easily even while wearing gloves. It also offers a secondary method of pilot connection using an ergonomically designed Lifejacket Key which can be permanently fitted to lifejackets. Pilot change and reconnecting Lifecord couldn’t be easier or safer.
Lifecord ensures that should a pilot leave the helm when the boat’s engine is ticking over in neutral, they are reminded to reconnect the cord when they return, also ensuring a pilot change results in the new pilot being reminded to connect. It alerts the skipper and other crew members alike, should the pilot not have connected the cord.
Website:
http://www.landauuk.com
AIS ready lifejackets from Ocean Safety
Ocean Safety’s revamped Kru lifejackets are AIS ready with a VHF radio/personal PLB1 clip and a newly-shaped scoop neck design designed to provide freedom of movement with no chafing.
General manager Alistair Hackett says the firm’s expanding portfolio, as evidenced by its redesigned Kru range and the launch of Ocean SOLAS Ultralite life rafts, is due to greater synergies between the 3Si Group business units, or which Ocean Safety is part.
Mr Hackett concedes that while the inclusion of electronics in marine safety and the products they supply is crucial, so too is the understanding of the end-user: “Many of our lifejackets, man overboard equipment and life rafts are AIS ready, however the challenge is to ensure customers understand what they’re purchasing and how and when this equipment is to be used.”
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