NEW PRODUCTS - Raymarine LifeTag

LifeTag monitors up to 16 crewmembers on a boat by means of LifeTag pendants. According to Raymarine thesebroadcast a signal back to a base station that identifies the wearer as "safe."In the event of an actual man overboard situation, the link between thevictim's pendant and the LifeTag base station is broken and the alarm is saidto be raised automatically.

This occurs when thevictim's LifeTag signal rapidly degrades by immersion in water, or as thedistance between the victim and boat increase (typically around 10m). When thishappens, the LifeTag base station is said to respond automatically by soundingan audible alarm onboard.

Each LifeTag is also fittedwith a manual activation button. This enables crew members to call forassistance in case of fire, flooding, medical emergency or other emergency situations.

LifeTag can also trigger theautomatic man overboard system in Raymarine SeaTalk compatible chartplotters,radars and instruments.

LifeTag is light enough tobe easily attached to a lifejacket, PFD, safety harness or belt. The system includestwo LifeTag Wireless pendants, a LifeTag base station, batteries, straps,external alarm module and power cable. Additional pendants are availableseparately.