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Navi-Sailor 2400 and 2400S ECDIS - Electronic Charting Systems 1) Color Vector Charts, British Admiralty 6) 28 User Determined Alarms and NOAA Raster Charts. 2) Scaling from 1:1000 to 1:200,00,00 almost instantly. 3) Marker/ERBL 4) World Wide Color Coverage 5) 11 Types of interfacing including

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Leica GPS Receivers Off*

Man-Overboard Feature

Leica's marine GPS and DG navigation receivers — includi the MX 100, MX 200, MX 3 and the new MX 400 ~ a designed with safety in min each coming equipped with dedicated MOB (man-ove board) button on the front pant an optional remote cockpit MO switch and an automatic intei face with a lifesaving emergenc transmitter.

A new feature is an interfac with the Automatic Lifesavin;

Emergency Radio Transmitte (ALERT), manufactured

Emerald Marine Products

Corporation of Seattle.

The ALERT system consists ol a small, water-activated radio transmitter which can be fas- tened to clothing or a lifejacket.

It automatically transmits a low-power UHF signal to a receiver/alarm on the boat.

When connected to a Leica GPS navigator, the ALERT receiver automatically triggers the unit's

MOB function as it sounds the alarm. Instantly, the Leica GPS navigator stores the current position and starts displaying courses and distances back to that location, while graphically showing the user's position rela- tive to the MOB signal on a plot- ter screen.

For more information on Leica

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CruisePhone Completes

SatPhone Installations

CruisePhone, Inc. has complet- ed installation of the Westing- house mobile satellite communi- cations equipment aboard Sea

Lion and Sea Bird for Wilder- ness/Special Expeditions, as well as aboard American Cana- dian Caribbean Lines' (ACCL)

Mayan Prince and Niagara

Prince.

Both ships now use the new

MSAT satellite service from

American Mobile Satellite

Corporation (AMSC) for both voice and data. "MSAT provides us with a very inexpensive satellite service for our voice and data needs while also providing a very economical service for our passengers," said

Jeff Boyer, director of Pur- chasing and Port Operations for

Wilderness Cruises.

Nancy Blount, vice president of ACCL, said, "This new MSAT service from CruisePhone gives us coverage we need for our unique itineraries. No matter where we sail, from Panama to the Caribbean, to New England and back, we are in the MSAT footprint. And, for the first time, we have satellite service at prices close to cellular." 82B Circle 172 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News