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Be connected to your Tender, night or day with the best system on the market
Towing a tender during the night or day requires constant vigilance. Depending on the length of the trip, sea conditions, and crew fatigue an easy-going trip can be turned upside-down with the loss of a tender.
The Smart Skipper Tender Towing Alarm System watches continuously over the location of the tender and alarms via audible sirens and strobe lights to alarm the crew if the tender is left behind. The Tender Towing Alarm System aids in locating and expedites recovery of the separated tender.
The system can be easily expanded to include AIS tracking activation and a number of the other Smart Skipper alarm functions such as High Water Alarms, Critical Battery conditions, and many others.
Meets insurance requirements for towing at night
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Towing Tender Alarm System
The GPS Mate sends its GPS data to the Tender Slave GPS continuously.
The Tender Mate uses this data along with its own data to calculate distance.
The GPS data includes coordinates as well as a timestamp and speed.
If the timestamps between the readings are not the same, the speed is used to compensate for the distance reading.
The Tender Mate sends the distance reading to the onboard iOS device whenever the distance changes by +- 5 feet. Depending on the set distance (i.e. 300 ft ), the System determines when to alarm and activates/deactivate the Load Control Slave Alarm siren and strobe light.