Kannad helps find that man overboard
Kannad’s R10 should be compulsory on offshore boats
This is one of those must-have products for crews on offshore boats. It’s the SafeLink R10 Survivor Recovery System (SRS), a revolutionary new AIS beacon from Kannad Marine.
The device carries a CE mark, signifying compliance with all essential requirements of the Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) Directive 1999/5/EC, which is the main route to compliance for radio and telecommunications equipment sold in Europe.
Intended to be attached to a lifejacket and activated by individuals in difficulty at sea, the R10 uses both GPS and AIS (Automatic Identification System) technology to send structured alert messages containing precise location information to AIS equipment onboard the vessel that the individual fell off and other AIS equipped vessels within a typical four mile radius.
As you can imagine, the chances of finding and recovering a crew member overboard are greatly increased by the use of an R10 which, for the first time, shows bearing and distance to the man in the water.
Images for this article - click to enlarge
Unless otherwise stated, all images copyright © Mercator Media 2012. This does not exclude the owner's assertion of copyright over the material.
