This time with crew and raising more money for charity in the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island race Katie Miller, winner of the Raymarine Young Sailor of the Year, has announced she is to sail double-handed in the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race which takes place on Saturday 23 June.
Raymarine, race partner of the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, is giving competitors the opportunity to receive free emails and SMS texts containing useful weather and tidal information in the run up to the race.
A Beneteau 34.7 owned by Nick Jones has been fully equipped with all the latest in marine technology thanks to a new ambassador agreement with leading marine electronics manufacturer Raymarine. The boat started the season in top form winning the IRC3 class in the first race of the Raymarine Warsash Spring Series.
Raymarine has launched its first dedicated AIS receiver. Raymarine’s AIS250 is a compact unit that provides Automatic Identification System (AIS) reception of data over VHF. This technology enables the voiceless exchange of navigation information between any vessel or shore station equipped with AIS receivers.
Raymarine provides navigational, communication, and safety equipment for trimaran, safety RIB and shore-based crew Geoff Holt has been appointed as a Raymarine Ambassador, after choosing to equip his specially modified Challenger Trimaran with vital autopilot and navigational equipment to help him achieve his ‘Personal Everest’ of becoming the first disabled sailor to sail solo around the coast of Great Britain.
Raymarine has been honoured as Sponsor of the Year in the RYA Powerboat Racing Gold Awards ceremony, which took place at the De Vere Royal Bath hotel in Bournemouth on Saturday 3rd February.
They say that salt water is the toughest test of any product, but for some, taking marine navigation equipment across more than 8,600 kms of road, sand, pebbles and dunes, could be said to be the roughest endurance challenge ever devised. British racecar enthusiasts Paul Round and Martin Coulson have just completed the Euromilhoes Lisboa-Dakar 2007 using Raymarine’s navigation equipment to guide them quickly and safely from Portugal through Morocco, Mauritania, Mali to the finish line in Dakar, Senegal where the pair were the first British team to finish.
Raymarine electronics help Adventure plot best course to regain lost time after rescuing Koomooloo crew The British yacht Adventure, owned by the Joint Services Adventure Sail Training Centre and crewed predominantly by members of the Royal Corps of Signals finished the prestigious Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race as the first UK yacht, and an impressive 5th out of her 25 strong division and 21st overall out of the 78 finishers.
Dee Caffari won the prestigious title of Raymarine/YJA Yachtsman of the Year - making it a double for the ladies, following Katie Miller taking the title of Raymarine Young Sailor of the Year (announced at the London Boat Show on Saturday 6 January).
Raymarine’s first Satellite TV antenna system is on display on Stand S2307 at the London Boat show, which takes place at ExCel from 6-15 January 2006. The 45 STV provides access to hundreds of channels of digital entertainment with digital quality sound. With uninterrupted access to subscription and satellite channels while at sea, the 45 STV enables films and TV programmes to be viewed on Raymarine monitors on board – such as the E Series, H6 and M1500 monitor – or on standard TV screens.
Raymarine will be unveiling a new stand with significantly increased space for visitors at the Collins Stewart London Boat Show. The Raymarine stand has been completely redesigned by Oxford-based contractors Dijon Designs to fit onto a reduced footprint, while offering more space for visitors, staff, and providing more product demonstration areas.
