C A CLASE ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN COST OF ONBOARD ENTERTAINMENT SOLUTION
ca clase - tracvision
C
A Clase, one of the UK's leading distributors of marine electronics for
leisure and commercial users, is pleased to announce a significantly more
cost-effective onboard satellite entertainment solution for UK boaters. From
the 6th May the outstanding KVH TracVision M series, a range of powerful DVB
compatible mobile satellite TV antennas can be used in conjunction with the
brand new digital 'free-to-air' satellite TV service, Freesat, to deliver
popular onboard entertainment.
Launched
this May, Freesat is a joint BBC and ITV satellite service offering free
digital TV, radio, interactive TV and HD TV programmes at the cost of a
one-off payment for a digital box, satellite dish and installation. By using
a TracVision M Series TV antenna with a Freesat digital box boat owners can
benefit from over 80 channels of great entertainment including films, music,
news, lifestyle, travel and children's programmes without any monthly
subscriptions or complicated packages to choose from. The TracVision M
series also offers HD TV ready systems, so providing boaters have compatible
HD TV sets they can enjoy superb resolution, unmatched picture quality and
incredible sound.
The high
performance TracVision M Series features KVH's exclusive 'RingFire'
technology, a remarkable breakthrough in antenna design, fusing precisely
shaped, tuned parabolic dish antennas with custom designed, duel mode
feedtubes and modified LNBs to provide wider geographic coverage and the
best reception available. The TracVision M Series also offers KVH's
signature HP tracking, guaranteeing outstanding tracking and uninterrupted
satellite television reception.
The
TracVision M Series provides an antenna to suit every size and type of boat,
catering for both leisure and commercial markets. C A Clase provides the
full range from the TracVision M3, a small ultra quiet antenna system
designed for 25-40 ft boats, to the TracVision M9, a powerful 82cm antenna
offering 80+ ft recreational and commercial vessels a sleek look that
matches the vessel's streamlined design.
Hampshire
based C A Clase is the sole distributor of KVH products in the UK. Prices
for the TracVision M series start a £3,999 including VAT. Freesat is
available from several well known high street electrical store and retails
at £49.00 including VAT.
FEDOR KONYUKHOV SETS INAUGURAL RECORD FOR ANTARCTICA CUP OCEAN
Wed, 7 May 2008 14:46:12 GMT
Russian solo circumnavigator Fedor Konyukhov returned to Albany, Western Australia, a hero today, throwing down the gauntlet to yachtsmen around the world to break his 102 day record around the Antarctica Cup Racetrack.
They All Laughed When I Said I was Going to Sail Away to Adventure - A Year Later They All Wanted to Come
Sat, 03 May 2008 11:58:00 GMT
SAILAWAY TO ADVENTURE
Have you ever dreamt about sailing away to adventure in your own sailboat? and exploring the oceans of this beautiful planet of ours? The excitement, the freedom, the sheer joy of sailing and visiting the myriad exotic places along the way? Hawaii, The Caribbean, San Blas Islands, South America, The Galapagos, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, Tonga and on to New Zealand and Australia. These are but a few and the list is endless.
Can you feel the excitement, following the months of planning, of finally setting off on your first passage? The exultation of leaving port for the first time, on the first leg of your adventure of a lifetime? Believe me it is a wonderful feeling setting off, knowing that you have months ahead of you to sail the oceans with absolutely no restrictions, free to sail where your fancy takes you. And, as you leave behind you all those limitations of land living – work, the day to day affairs, traffic congestion, city living, pollution and more – a weight will lift away from you and it will be replaced, slowly at first, by a growing and wonderful sense of freedom. As you take in the first drafts of fresh sea air deep into your lungs, filling them to the bottom, you will come to realise there is no substitute in this world for it.
If this is your dream, or you are already planning your adventure, or you are already doing it, then you will gain benefit from my ‘101Dollar Saving Tips for Sailors’. Most of us are on a budget and would like to save where we can. My ‘101 Dollar Saving Tips for Sailors’ could save you hundreds or perhaps even thousands of dollars during the duration of your voyage. Most of the ‘Tips’ are things you would never think of before setting sail and are gathered together from my own experiences during my four year sailing odyssey sailing ‘The Dream’ and visiting the destinations mentioned above.
I have two reasons for encouraging you to begin planning your odyssey, and the first is that so many folks spend their life dreaming about it, but for a whole host of reasons never get around to beginning. This is very sad – to miss out on one of the most fantastic experiences one could hope for just because they cannot over that first hurdle. My job is to help you get over that hurdle.
Secondly, and this is tied into Global Warming and Climate Change. There may come a time in the future when a trip like this may much more restricted. We do not have much control over this in the short term, but we do know that right now we can set off knowing that the weather is still our friend, and we are able to visit all of these wonderful destinations.
So now is the time to begin, and start your planning – remember the great Nike tag line ‘Do It Now’, don’t put it off – you will never egret beginning and then you will wonder why you never started sooner.
Offshore George finally got to meet the Earthrace mascot ‘Eartha’ last week as they now help the team prepare for the start of the record attempt this Sunday.
Reports say that they are getting along well…
Blue Sheets Racing - Sponsorship Pack Now Available
Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:51:47 +0000
Our new sponsorship pack is now available and can be viewed/downloaded at www.bluesheets.co.uk/bsr/bsr-sp-08.pdf (0.7mb).
The team have bigger, better and faster plans for 2008 with a new hull and engine along with expert training and maintenance from one of South Africa’s leading racers, Mike Hatting.
As well as exposure at the races, sponsors can expect a high [...]
As a start to the new season, we have teamed up with Focus
Watersports and arranged monthly special offers for your essential
products. February kicks off with a pre-season special that every
boater should carry on board.
SEAGO
175N AUTOMATIC LIFEJACKET
The
latest lightweight design of the Seago Inflatable Lifejacket makes
them extremely comfortable to wear. The tough abrasion resistant
cover protects the high visibility inflatable lung which has retro-reflective
tape in three places for night visibility.
Every
Seago Inflatable Life Jacket comes with its own self draining breathable
storage bag.
New
for 2008, this Seago Lifejacket now includes a crotch strap at no
extra cost.
Features
include:
Fully tested lifting becket
Oral inflation tube
Whistle
Twin back straps for greater strength
Crotch Strap
Lifejackets
are governed by the European Standard EN396, which stipulates a
minimum amount of buoyancy of 150N. The Seago Inflatable Life Jacket
exceeds this by 15%.
C
A Clase, one of the UK's leading distributors of marine electronics for
leisure and commercial users, is pleased to announce a significantly more
cost-effective onboard satellite entertainment solution for UK boaters. From
the 6th May the outstanding KVH TracVision M series, a range of powerful DVB
compatible mobile satellite TV antennas can be used in conjunction with the
brand new digital 'free-to-air' satellite TV service, Freesat, to deliver
popular onboard entertainment.
