saltyrob
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Does anyone market a satalite tracking system for boats that have been stolen. I understand that the recovery rate for cars fitted with these systems is very good.
Rob
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Rob
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tracker systems for stolen yachts
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Talbot
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<<recovery rate for cars fitted with these systems is very good>>
Dont tell TCM that, cause it doesnt seem to have worked for him.
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Dont tell TCM that, cause it doesnt seem to have worked for him.
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tcm
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i did eventually get the car back - 5 days tho and i think they did 1,000 miles.
but the tracker systems are not satellite afaik...so dunno if any good for boats going overseas. Much better wd be a remote-activated sinking contraption thing..
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but the tracker systems are not satellite afaik...so dunno if any good for boats going overseas. Much better wd be a remote-activated sinking contraption thing..
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pvb
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Yes...
Yes, you can get satellite-based systems for boats, but they are quite expensive. There are however various less costly security systems based on mobile phone technology. Typically, they send a text message to your mobile if the boat is broken into (or if there's a bilge water alarm, etc). And, usually, they allow you to send a message back to the boat to switch something on or off - this could be used to operate an engine kill device, or to sound a loud warning siren, etc. The system will do this. Some systems also incorporate a GPS module and will send you a text message including position data - the German <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.navcos.de/uploads/media/Product_Info_Yachtwatcher_english.pdf>Yachtwatcher has this additional feature. Of course, mobile phone signals die out just a few miles offshore, but these systems might give enough warning to allow interception action to take place (especially if the boat's normal base is some way inland to start with). It does mean you need to become almost surgically attached to your mobile though! I'd imagine that these systems need to be very carefully installed and concealed if they are to have a chance of defeating a determined thief.
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Yes, you can get satellite-based systems for boats, but they are quite expensive. There are however various less costly security systems based on mobile phone technology. Typically, they send a text message to your mobile if the boat is broken into (or if there's a bilge water alarm, etc). And, usually, they allow you to send a message back to the boat to switch something on or off - this could be used to operate an engine kill device, or to sound a loud warning siren, etc. The system will do this. Some systems also incorporate a GPS module and will send you a text message including position data - the German <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.navcos.de/uploads/media/Product_Info_Yachtwatcher_english.pdf>Yachtwatcher has this additional feature. Of course, mobile phone signals die out just a few miles offshore, but these systems might give enough warning to allow interception action to take place (especially if the boat's normal base is some way inland to start with). It does mean you need to become almost surgically attached to your mobile though! I'd imagine that these systems need to be very carefully installed and concealed if they are to have a chance of defeating a determined thief.
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derekh
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pvb
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That one doesn\'t work in Europe (nm)
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mikewilkes
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<Much better wd be a remote-activated sinking contraption thing.. >
Now I can definately relate to that.
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Now back home with my mistress and SWMBO of course !!!
Now I can definately relate to that.
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Now back home with my mistress and SWMBO of course !!!
jrt
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How about someone cleverer than me designing a system that either uses SSB or VHF (possibly two versions then) and a GPS receiver chip. It would need to use the same aerial as the boat's GPS. Too many aerials would make the miscreants suspicious, and it would need to work even if they didn't switch on the GPS. This would be connected to the radio transceiver. Then, when boat is nicked owner contacts police etc, they contact Coastguard or the transmitter operator (this is intended to stop false alarms) Unique code is transmitted, The receiver on boat recognises its identifying code and transmits Lat, Long, cog & sog.
That might do it, what do you think?
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That might do it, what do you think?
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Benbow
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There is a system supplied and managed by purplefinder ( www.purplefinder.com ) based on GPS and inmarsat d+ which comes very close to meeting these requirements. It is a device about the size of a stack of 3 cd cases which needs to see the sky, it is normally permenantly wired in to the ships batteries so it is on whenever power is up. It can be set to either report position at intervals or just respond to a 'ping' with position, speed and course.
It is quite inexpensive and if you could hide the device yet still allow it to see the sky, (on the spreaders?) I imagine it would be a useful anti-theft device. We use it to track sail training boats largely for the interest of those ashore.
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It is quite inexpensive and if you could hide the device yet still allow it to see the sky, (on the spreaders?) I imagine it would be a useful anti-theft device. We use it to track sail training boats largely for the interest of those ashore.
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microvise
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Re: Yes...
It does seem to make a huge difference how quickly you find out that something has happened. Assuming the thieves are intent on taking your boat then I guess you stand the best chance of preventing or retrieving it in the first few hours of them breaking in.
This is where a relatively cheap mobile phone based system would defiantly help as it could be as long as the next time you visit your boat until you find out. Two Weeks?!
Marine Microwatch is modular system that will notify you pretty much the moment your boat is disturbed. It will send a text message to three mobile numbers and make a call to a fourth.
There is no reason why one or two of these numbers couldn’t be the marina’s security staff of the harbour master etc. In it’s most basic, yet still very effective form, you would need to buy the:
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Microwatch Signalling / Alarm Unit £329
Magnetic Contact Switch £4.45
Aerial £15
SIM Card £10
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You can also purchase extras like smoke sensors for about £15, see the website at
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.microwatch.co.uk/prices.htm>www.microwatch.co.uk</A>
Nick
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It does seem to make a huge difference how quickly you find out that something has happened. Assuming the thieves are intent on taking your boat then I guess you stand the best chance of preventing or retrieving it in the first few hours of them breaking in.
This is where a relatively cheap mobile phone based system would defiantly help as it could be as long as the next time you visit your boat until you find out. Two Weeks?!
Marine Microwatch is modular system that will notify you pretty much the moment your boat is disturbed. It will send a text message to three mobile numbers and make a call to a fourth.
There is no reason why one or two of these numbers couldn’t be the marina’s security staff of the harbour master etc. In it’s most basic, yet still very effective form, you would need to buy the:
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Microwatch Signalling / Alarm Unit £329
Magnetic Contact Switch £4.45
Aerial £15
SIM Card £10
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You can also purchase extras like smoke sensors for about £15, see the website at
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.microwatch.co.uk/prices.htm>www.microwatch.co.uk</A>
Nick
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pvb
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Looks interesting...
Looks interesting, especially as it's about half the price of the Blue Ray system! Incidentally, there's a competition in the November YM to win a Blue Ray system.
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Looks interesting, especially as it's about half the price of the Blue Ray system! Incidentally, there's a competition in the November YM to win a Blue Ray system.
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MarkJohnson
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If too many ariels make the thief suspicious, I think I might have found a cheap anti thief device!
Regards
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Regards
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microvise
New member
Makes the thief suspicious? Suspicious that the boat is fitted with a High-Tec security system? Surely that’s not a bad thing!
If you are worrying that if the thief knows the boat has an alarm and is therefore going to rip the system out, then don’t. By the time they have got their hands on it the Marine Microwatch unit will have already of sent three text messages and you and the security guard on duty will have already been alerted!
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If you are worrying that if the thief knows the boat has an alarm and is therefore going to rip the system out, then don’t. By the time they have got their hands on it the Marine Microwatch unit will have already of sent three text messages and you and the security guard on duty will have already been alerted!
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