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Yearly Archive: 2024

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Press Releases / The future / The Trade

DAME Design Awards 2024 winner commended as strong step forward in lifejacket design

TUDelft School for Industrial Design Engineering senior lecturer, Arjen Jansen, presented the globally recognised DAME Design Awards 2024 to the TeamO Offshore 150N Hi-Lift Lifejacket & Harness in front of a large audience of leading marine professionals at the METSTRADE Breakfast Briefing this morning. The Jury also identified eight category winners, nine Special Mentions and named two Environmental DAME Design Awards winners…

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LiFePO4 / Cabin & deck gear / Panbo & misc. / Gadgets / Communications / What's on board... / Electrical & Engines / NMEA 2000, 0183 & Signal K / Good Gear (non electronic) / Monitoring & Tracking

Putting Panboat 2.0 to work with test gear from Epoch, Icom, Lenco, Scanstrut, Sensar, Tocaro Blue, and Victron

I have owned Panboat 2.0 for a little over 3 months. Unfortunately, I haven’t made as much testing headway as I hoped courtesy of a very busy fall with boat shows, speaking engagements, and dodging hurricanes. I leave for Amsterdam to attend METS shortly, but once home, I don’t have another show until Miami in mid-February. So, it’s high time I get to work outfitting the new Edgewater 280CX with the goodies needed for testing and begin rolling in some new technology.

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Press Releases / Sailing & Racing / Navigation

Raymarine Adds Powerful Functionality to Alpha Performance Displays

Raymarine – global leader in high-performance marine electronics for the
recreational boating, marine first-responder and law-enforcement markets – announced today a free upgrade to its line of award-winning Alpha Performance Displays with the release of the Alpha 3.0 software update. Packed with valuable tools for interacting with instrument data such as new visualizations and autopilot integration, boaters can now get even more from their Alpha displays with an easy-to-install update.

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LiFePO4 / Electrical & Engines / The future

IBEX 2024: Solid State Marine’s solid state lithium batteries

In a first for IBEX, this year’s show featured a startup pavilion for early-stage companies to display at IBEX in a cost effective manner. I spent some time checking out the exhibitors in the pavilion and was very pleased to come across Solid State Marine’s booth. I was quite excited to see Solid State Marine present with their solid state lithium batteries. Solid State Marine is, to my knowledge, the first company offering solid state lithium batteries to the marine electrical market.

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Press Releases / Navigation

LOOKOUT Adds Powerful Functionality To Its Revolutionary Augmented Marine Navigation System

LOOKOUT, the AI pioneer in marine safety, adds more features to its augmented reality system for total situational awareness. Building on its ability to detect hazards, day or night, with state-of-the-art computer vision, LOOKOUT has added three new features: AIS flags, navigational aid annotations and points-of-interest pins. The software upgrade is available for free…

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LiFePO4 / Press Releases / Electrical & Engines / Monitoring & Tracking

Victron Venus OS v3.50 – New User Interface, Security and Generator Improvements

We are excited to announce the release of Venus OS v3.50. A massive milestone and improvement for our range of GX control and monitoring solutions. Whether you’re managing a system at home, in a marine environment, or on an industrial site, this release has something for you. The most significant change in the new release is the new graphical user interface. The new UI brings a modern look, improved functionality, and a faster, more responsive experience. The best introduction is through watching this video…

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Press Releases / Electrical & Engines

Dockmate Elevates User Experience With DPS V2

Dockmate, the leading manufacturer of advanced wireless remote controls for yachts, announced today that its revolutionary new feature for their wireless remote control systems, Dockmate Positioning System (DPS), has been completely redesigned for easy retrofit, increased safety and ease of use. The magic of DPS V2 is that it is completely self-contained within the Receiver. Because the Dockmate Receiver already handles control of engines/motors and thrusters through its existing integrations, DPS V2 needs less hardware to achieve the same results as much more expensive aftermarket dynamic positioning systems…

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Press Releases / Cabin & deck gear

Lumitec Launches an Innovative Masthead Combination Light

Lumitec, a leading designer and manufacturer of extreme environment  LED lighting solutions, is proud to announce the launch of the Contour Masthead Combination Light. This innovative product reimagines the technology behind traditional 360-degree combination masthead/anchor lights. By developing a cutting-edge optical array design, Lumitec engineers have significantly reduced the light’s profile and weight, making it the slimmest and lightest masthead/anchor/stern combination light…

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Mobile Apps / Network & control / NMEA 2000, 0183 & Signal K / Monitoring & Tracking

IBEX 2024: Siren 3

When Siren’s Founder, Dan Harper, introduced the Siren 3 Pro, it was supposed to be the first of three models of the Siren 3 series. That was more than four years ago and before Dan’s untimely death in early 2021. Since then, Siren has been acquired by Yamaha and a mid-priced Siren 3 Plus has been introduced. But, the low cost member of that series hasn’t materialized, until now. So, I was pleased to see an announcement at the beginning of IBEX that Siren will begin shipping the Siren 3 in April of 2025.