The Cowes Week Radio commentary RIB is once again being sponsored by the Portsmouth-based marine electronics manufacturer, Raymarine.
Raymarine’s addition to its AIS (Automatic Identification System) product range, a combined receiver and transmitter, is now available.
Raymarine‘s new generation of instrument and pilot display systems, designed for sail and powerboats over 12m (40 feet), is now available. The ST70+ offers a new way of displaying and managing data, with a large 164 mm (6.5 inch) fully waterproof high-definition colour LCD display.
With over 500 boats in 25 different classes taking part, competitors in the Volvo DunLaoghaire Regatta 2009 will be relying on their on board technical expertise to help them to the front of their fleet.
Many octogenarians (and others) struggle to understand their TV remote controls, but one pair of seafaring friends is mastering the latest marine electronics for a cross-Channel adventure in a James Bond powerboat.
Raymarine is moving to new premises next month after nearly 25 years at its Anchorage Park site, all departments are due to be in place at the new site in Harbourgate, Portsmouth by 15 June 2009.
Raymarine has announced it is to continue its sponsorship of the Classic Channel Regatta. The bi-annual event, which takes place this year from 4-11 July, has already attracted entries from over 80 boats.
Raymarine is delighted to announce that effective from April 2009 Stefan Berne will be working with Raymarine as Nordic Area Director to assist in the management of the region.
Raymarine, race partner of the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, is once again offering competitors the opportunity to receive weather and tidal information via free SMS text messages and/or email. In addition to this popular service, there will be a full and detailed weather briefing at the Island Sailing Club, Cowes at 1800 on 19 June for competitors, club race officers and safety boat crews.
Visitors to RIBEX will have the opportunity to see the latest Raymarine equipment aboard two ‘state of the art’ Raymarine equipped vessels. Both the RYA’s new 8.8m Ribcraft and Team Pulsar Racing’s Humber Quinquari 10m Offshore RIB will be available for product demonstrations. Both vessels feature fully integrated systems of cutting edge navigational technology, helping enhance situational awareness and safety on the water.
The skippers competing in this year’s Original Single Handed Trans-Atlantic Race (OSTAR) will be relying heavily on support from navigational equipment, electronic charts, weather and routing software, as well as instruments, communications and autopilots to help them get safely across the challenging 3,000 nautical mile race. To ensure they get the best from their systems on board Raymarine, world leaders in marine electronics, has announced it is to provide exclusive product support in Plymouth in the week prior to the race start on 25 May.
After an extremely successful seven years, Raymarine has announced it will end its title sponsorship of the Raymarine Warsash Spring Series when the 2009 series, racing from 15 March to 26 April, completes its run with a grand prize-giving event on Friday 15 May.
Raymarine has previewed its new C Series Widescreen displays at the Excel London Boat Show, attracting a massive amount of interest from press and visitors alike. Andy Davies, Raymarine’s UK Sales Manager says, “This is the very first time the new C Series Widescreen has been on show, and it really has been creating a stir. The feedback is that it offers everything boat owners are looking for.”
Dag Pike from Bristol received the Raymarine Lifetime Achievement Award at the Raymarine/YJA Yachtsman of the Year award ceremony in the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
The 2008 Olympic Sailing Gold Medallists - Ben Ainslie CBE (Finn class), Paul Goodison MBE (Laser class), Iain Percy OBE and Andrew Simpson MBE (Star class), and Sarah Ayton OBE, Sarah Webb OBE and Pippa Wilson MBE (Yngling class), notched up another success as they were announced joint winners of the prestigious Raymarine / YJA Yachtsman of the Year title.
Raymarine has appointed a new Managing Director at Eissing GmbH. Thomas Günther will be joining Raymarine’s German subsidiary on 17 January, during the Dusseldorf Boat Show.
