Steve and Rachel Hopkinson recount their experience with the AISWatchMate in "Cruising Helmsman", October 2009.

While AIS technology has revolutionised one's ability to locate and identify most vessels that could be of danger, the interpretation of the technology into a simple solution, JUST FOR SAILORS, was left, by default, to two off-shore sailors Jeff Robbins and Deirdre Schleigh.

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A number of other boats in the Tonga fleet, four to be precise, have the transceiver model that allows them to send their position as well as recieve.

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Going for Vesper Marine

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