Skip Novak is best known for taking part in four Whitbread Round the World Races and when he decided on a change in career he decided to combine his love of sailing with his other skills, notably mountaineering.
Nominations for the prestigious Raymarine/YJA Yachtsman of the Year and Raymarine Young Sailor of the Year awards were officially opened at the Southampton Boat Show by current title holders Dee Caffari and Katie Miller (respectively) – along with Raymarine International Marketing Communications Manager, Fiona Pankhurst, powerboat champion, Shelley Jory, and round Britain sailor, Geoff Holt.
AIS technology enables automatic voiceless exchange of vessel and navigational information between vessel or shore station equipped with AIS receivers. This enables both shore stations and other vessels to identify the vessel name, MMSI number, radio call sign, type of ship and cargo identity, as well as dynamic information such as course, speed, rate of turn and heading.
Does the idea of sailing off into the sunset, discovering new and exciting adventures whilst living aboard your yacht sound too good to be true? One couple who have been living this dream for many years are Canadian sailors Paul and Sheryl Shard, who will be sharing their experiences and offering advice to 'would be' explorers at Raymarine’s stand GO88 on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16 September from 2pm – 3pm.
Alex Bennett will be able to sleep easy in his bunk as he campaigns his Class 40 Fujifilm knowing that he and his crew have been provided with state of the art electronic equipment from Raymarine.
Skip Novak is best known for taking part in four Whitbread Round the World Races and when he decided on a change in career he decided to combine his love of sailing with his other skills, notably mountaineering.
Disabled yachtsman, Geoff Holt (40), has completed his challenge to be the first disabled person ever to sail solo around the coast of Great Britain - a voyage of more than 1,600 miles.
Raymarine plc (“Raymarine”), a global leader in the supply of electronic products to the leisure marine market, today announces the acquisition of H.E. Eissing KG (“Eissing”), the sole distributor of Raymarine products in Germany, for a consideration up to a maximum of €3.5 million (£2.4 million) The whole of the consideration is payable in cash using Raymarine’s existing facilities.
Leading marine electronics equipment manufacturer Raymarine is looking to recruit software engineers to work at the company’s Portsmouth-based headquarters. Raymarine will be holding a Recruitment Open Day on Saturday 22 September, with applicants asked to come to the company’s stand – G088 - at the Southampton Boat Show.
Bill Bevan and Angus Rutherford from local Raymarine electronics dealer Bevan’s Ltd are on standby as disabled sailor Geoff Holt approaches the Isle of Man. Due to arrive in Port St Mary, the quadriplegic is attempting to sail over 1600 miles solo around Britain in a 15 foot Challenger trimaran. He describes this as his ‘Personal Everest’. It is a very apt description. It is a monumental undertaking for someone who is paralysed from the chest down.
Nominations for the prestigious Raymarine/YJA Yachtsman of the Year and Raymarine Young Sailor of the Year awards open at 12.30pm on Friday 14 September, on the Raymarine stand G088 at the Southampton Boat Show. Dee Caffari (current Raymarine/YJA Yachtsman of the Year) and Katie Miller (current Raymarine Young Sailor of the Year) will be among those opening the nominations.
