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23.01.2012 - SEGELN Award 2012: Winner is easyRESCUE
[SEGELN Award]
The AIS Search and Rescue Transponder easyRESCUE by Weatherdock has been honored with the SEGELN Award 2012 in the category "SAFETY" on 22nd January 2012 in Düsseldorf.
The SEGELN Award is the most important award for yacht equipment and we are proud and delighted in equal measure to have received this honor. It is an acknowledgement of the product and of the hard developmental work behind it.
We thank the Jahr Top Special Verlag for adding the easyRESCUE to the list of the participating products in this category.
Before anything else we owe thanks to the readers of the SEGELN magazine, without whose participation in the voting this success would have never been possible. This shows clearly how deeply satisfied the customers are with this excellent safety device aboard.
The SEGELN Award 2012 is an obligation we will gladly meet in the future.
The success encourages us to keep on developing innovative product solutions to ensure the safety of our customers on board. We will maintain the confidence placed in us with the established product quality. We will not rest on our laurels. Promise!
Last but not least we thank the whole team for their hard work and dedication, who have brought the easyRESCUE where it is today:
Very much in favor with our customers!
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10.01.2012 - BOOT 2021 in Düsseldorf
[BOOT 2012]
International Trade Show BOOT 2012
It's coming soon. The BOOT 2012 in Dusseldorf will start and opens the doors on January 21st 2012.
Even
this year the topic is 360° around watersports, boats and equipment. Of
course Weatherdock is there on this important trade show with an own
booth. You can find us at
HALL 11 - Booth B52
Beside the estblished products we also present some new developments out of the category groups
AIS Receiver
AIS Transceiver
AIS S.A.R.T.
VHF Locator
We are pleased to meet you there at the BOOT 2012.
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12.12.2011 - Boris Hermann World Record Challenge
[Atlantic]
Boris Herrmann and Giovanni Soldini, two
ocean heroes from Germany
and Italy. Skipper Soldini and Herrmann as a
navigator with a ten-member international crew.
They tuned specifically for this purpose the 70-foot
yacht"Maserati" for that world record challenge.
In six and a half days, the team wants to make
it from New York to England and set a new record
for this prestigious, up almost 3,000 nautical
miles (5,400 km) long route in April 2012
In six and a half days, the team wants to make
it from New York to England and set a new record
for this prestigious, up almost 3,000 nautical
miles (5,400 km) long route in April 2012
On board: the “easyRESCUE” Nato version.
This version has got a double automatic activation. It activates
automatically by water contact, but also with a magnetic trigger.
Normally the easyRESCUE is assembled into the lifevest and it starts
automatically, after the lifevest blows up.
Boris and his team do rely on the easyRESCUE. You should do the same.
With the following link you'll find an article on www.segelreporter.com writen by Boris Herrmann himself. You can read his very personal opinion about the AIS S.A.R.T. transmitter.
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11.11.2011 - Weatherdock at the Europort 2011
[Europort 2011]
Dear
Customers,
during the
final day of the Europort exhibition 2011 in Rotterdam, we
can state a first positiveresume.
The exhibition
is an international meeting place for professional shipping, with all
its different areas.Our AIS S.A.R.T., “easyRESCUE” has found great
interest by the professionals.
There were
and are many high-quality discussions ongoing.
Just by
the fact that the easyRESCUE as AIS SART of this need size, has got, compared
to the competition, all international and national approvals and also the type
examination certificate as AIS-SART. The commercial navigation
is very aware about the international requirements and
approvals of the IMO or SOLAS.
The
easyRESCUE do met these approval requirements fully.
Responsible
persons of security companies and organizations (so
called “HSM” ... Health andSafety Managers) are excited
about this product and will shortly be carrying out extensive tests in
order to use it as soon as possible for all employees.
This is already done at the Germany Water Police and the German Waterway
Authorities.
Your online
team from the Port of Rotterdam
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27.10.2011 - AIS CLASS B Transceivers
[AIS CLASS B]
AIS CLASS B Transceivers of other competitors
Dear customers,
since some time some not reputable companies do appear in the internet and
several forums, offering Class B transceivers with 2 W and selectable 12W
output power.
The 2W transmitters are approved, normally (Not all are actually approved -.
You can check this in an easy way by demanding the "Type Examination
Number" from the BSH, which shows immediately whether an approval was
passed or not).
The 12W units are striclty not permitted.
The not reputable manufacturers do make a shore notice in which is stated, that
the 12W transmitters must be licensed and certified of the respective national
authorities. Finally with that the responsibility is transferred on you, the
customer.
We strongly want to point out, that according to our knowledge, worldwide no
authority will approve such a unit.
The purchase of such a device with 12W transmission power you should consider
maturely, because you`ll operate a non-approved radio.
Breaches of the national radio laws can be punished with dramatic fines, as you
probably know.
31.08.2011 - easyRESCUE reviewed by US Coast Guard
[easyRESCUE]
We want to inform you that the easyRESCUE, our Automatic Indentification System (AIS) Search and Rescue Transponder (S.A.R.T.), was reviewed by the UNITED STATES COAST GUARD.
The USCG was satisfied that the easyRESCUE AIS S.A.R.T. meets the IEC 61097-14 standard. The easyRESCUE is also fully approved by the BSH (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie).
Safety first – for your health!
Your Weatherdock-Team
13.07.2011 - delayed delivery, but why?
[Weatherdock]
Dear Customers,
Economical revival is on in Germany. Especially on the technical supplier market which is very important for us. German companies in this branch have 100% capacity utilization and the damand is going on. But on the other hand this means a longer waiting for customers of these products as we are.
With natural disasters like the Japanese earthquake and the tsunami such a situation becomes even worse. As a result there is a component shortage e.g. for quartz crystal which is very important in high frequenciy technology.
Be sure that we are working with high pressure to solve the problem. We hope for your understanding and want to apologize if you are the one who has to wait so long.
12.07.2011 - positive interim result 2011
[Weatherdock]
Economical revival can be noticed clearly in customer's behaviour. Reviewing on the first part of 2011 we are satisfied with the given result.
Customer's interest in our products is still on. Especially on the new and innovative products like the easyRESCUE, the easyRESCUE-Automatic, the easyDIVE-POS and the easyTRX2-IS.
2012 will become a very interesting year because of some big projects with well known authorities, organizations and big OEMs.
Let's wait and see what to come!
08.07.2011 - Round North Holland Regatta
[North Holland]
On June 21st 2011 the "Round North Holland Regatta" about 100 nautic miles took place in the Netherlands.
Starting point was Muiden at the southern point of the Ijssel Sea. The finish line was located at Ijmuiden where the well known North Sea Channel via Amsterdam flowes into the North Sea.
During the race the following points had to be passed: Enkhuizen, Kornwerd and Den Helder. Besides Ijssel Sea and North Sea the Wadden Sea between Kornwerd and Den Helder became a third difficult area to sail.
Unfortunately the race had to be stopped after about 13 hours because of very bad weather conditions (8 Beaufort) for safety reasons. All particiants came along with this decision.
But to name a winner at the end a draw had ben made.
1st Place: Mr. Hauptmeijer
As a trophy an AIS transceiver "easyTRX2-IS" with GPS Antenna was given by our dutch dealer Holland Marine Hardware.
2nd Place: Mr. Ton van Aken
As a trophy an AIS S.A.R.T. Personal Locator "easyRESCUE" was given also by Holland Marine Hardware.
With the following link you can visit the website of "Round North Holland Regatta"
1st Place
2nd Place
Routemap
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07.07.2011 - Diver forgotten
[easyDIVE-POS]
On 30th of June 2011 the German newspaper Nürnberger Nachrichten reported about a diver who was forgotten at the Australian Great Barier Reef by his serviceboat. With this link you can see the complete article.
To avoid situationes like this, we developed the easyDIVE-POS which is an AIS based personal locator for divers.
To learn more about the device please visit our easyDIVE-POS website.
20.06.2011 - Office closed on Corpus Christi
[Corpus Christi]
On Thursday 23.06.2011 there is a German bank holiday: Corpus Christi
Therefor our office is closed even on Fryday 24.06.2011.
We are back for you on Monday 27.06.2011.
Your Weatherdock-Team
23.05.2011 - Weatherdock on AIS Summit
[AIS Summit 2011]
We are pleased to announce that Weatherdocks speaker of the boards, Mr. Alfred Kotouczek, participates as a speaker on AIS Summit 2011 in Hamburg. Topic of his presentation will be: AIS S.A.R.T.
The AIS Summit at 15. and 16. June 2011 in Hamburg is the only event where you can find suppliers and users of AIS from different regions and fields of this technology in one place. This means exchange of know how and experience.
18.05.2011 - NEWS about AIS S.A.R.T.
Currently, several AIS S.A.R.T. products are available on the market besides the easyRESCUE and the easyRESCUE-Automatic.
At first sight these products apear to be attractive due to their lower price. These products, however, do not have any BSH approvals and thus the confirmation of safety is also missing.
Furthermore, the use of these unauthorized products may cause problems during inspections.
We ask you to consider the value of your own safety!
Your Weatherdock-Team
23.02.2011 - Weatherdock at Helsinki Boat Show 2011
[PRONAV]
During the Helsinki Boat Show 2011 our distribution partner in Finnland, PRONAV, was located there with an own booth. presenting also Weatherdock products.
As Janne Tulokas from PRONAV told us, the Boat Show was a big success. It has pointed out that there is a huge interest in AIS products which increase the safety level aboard.
We want to thank Janne and his whole team for the well done presentation.
17.01.2011 - Meet us at the BOOT 2011
[BOOT 2011]
On 22. January 2011 the BOOT trade fair starts once again at Düsseldorf.
Up to 31. January Weatherdock is there with its own booth, located at hall 11 booth B52.
Main part of the presentation are product novalities and further developments of already existing and approved products.
There
will be an "automatic" version of the easyRESCUE as well as a new
version of the well known easyTRX, the easyTRX2. The new TRX2 is also
available with an integrated splitter named easyTRX2-IS.
Please inform yourself in Düsseldorf. We hope to see you there at our booth.
Events & Trade Shows