Raymarine's LifeTag Wins 2007 Freeman Pittman Innovation Award
MERRIMACK, N.H., Feb. 20 /- Raymarine, Inc., a world leader in marine electronics, announced at the Miami International Boat Show its LifeTag Man Overboard (MOB) System has been honored by SAIL magazine with a 2007 Freeman K. Pittman Innovation Award. The awards, which are named after SAIL's late technical editor, recognize the finest and most innovative new products on the market and pay homage to Freeman who was widely regarded as an expert in the field of technically advanced sailing.
The LifeTag MOB system is a personal wireless man overboard system, which provides critical safety data should a crew member fall overboard. In the event that one of the wearable LifeTag pendants is submersed in water, or moves a certain distance away from the boat, the system sounds a loud alarm and triggers visual alerts to all of the Raymarine displays and instruments on the network. LifeTag also records the GPS latitude/longitude of the boat's location at the time of the event, making it the target waypoint on all connected devices. In addition to the boat's location, Raymarine's displays also provide critical search and rescue data including the elapsed time the crew member has been in the water and the water's current temperature.
The Pittman Innovation Awards were officially announced in SAIL's February issue, which features LifeTag as one of the four honorees in the electronics category. The esteemed awards validate the importance of innovation within the boating industry, which is extremely dependent upon technology and equipment. While SAIL continuously features innovation throughout the year, the Pittman awards aim to recognize products, such as LifeTag that are new, different and smarter.
"We're honored to be recognized by SAIL for our innovation in developing the LifeTag Man Overboard System," said Terry Carlson, president of Raymarine. "This is just another example of our commitment to designing revolutionary solutions that will enhance our customers' experience on the water."
Each LifeTag system is comprised of the LifeTag base station and two personal LifeTag pendants, which can be fitted to a person's wrist or attached to a belt, life jacket or safety harness. The base station handles communication with each pendant, provides outputs for external alarm siren and relay contact, and is equipped with SeaTalk networking capabilities enabling integration with Raymarine's chartplotters, radars and instruments. The station can run on 12 volt DC power, or it can be powered by the SeaTalk bus. Personal LifeTags can operate for 2000 hours on CR2 Lithium camera batteries, which are supplied by Raymarine, and power on and off automatically for battery conservation. Extra LifeTags are sold separately and each system can monitor up to 16 tags simultaneously.
About Raymarine, Inc.
Raymarine, a world leader in marine electronics, develops and manufactures the most comprehensive range of electronic equipment for the recreational boating and light commercial marine markets. Designed for high performance and ease of use, the award-winning products are available through a global network of dealers and distributors. The Raymarine product lines include radar, navigation aids, instruments, fishfinders, communications, software and systems. For more information about Raymarine call 1-603-881-5200 or visit www.raymarine.com.
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