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July August 2015 Marina World

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PRODUCTS & SERVICES Security checks and weather updates Sailing enthusiasts moored at the Kultaranta Resort Marina in Naantali, Finland, can use a smartphone or computer to check the security of their boats and assess the weather remotely using a new video surveillance system powered by the Command Professional video management software from March Networks. The marina, which was built in 2012, is located on Luonnonmaa Island near Naantali, 180km west of Helsinki. The resort owners selected and installed the surveillance system originally to monitor the luxury yachts that are moored in the marina, but an added bonus was the ability to check the weather, which can be unpredictable in the Baltic Sea. The installation was managed by Jukka Leinonen, chairman of the board of Kultaranta Marina Oy working with Tele-Projekti Oy, a March Networks certified security system integrator based in Turku. Tele-Projekti recommended a server-based solution using Command Professional software running on an HP Proliant server recording video from an array of IR bullet cameras. The browser-based Command software accommodates up to 128 surveillance cameras, including fixed and PTZ IP cameras and third-party edge devices. It also enables remote access to live video using an iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, Android and Windows Mobile devices with March Networks Cloud. The cameras are connected using CAT-6 cabling to a Power over Ethernet switch and were selected to withstand the harsh winter weather of the Baltic Sea and variable lighting conditions. Because of Finnish legislation prohibiting the broadcasting of live video, the system is configured to send still images every minute to the Internet. One image is available for unrestricted viewing by guest boaters on Kultaranta’s website, but shareholders have access to a password-protected viewing of video from all of the cameras, allowing them to zoom in on their own boat and check its safety. Live video is also streamed to a monitor in the clubhouse, allowing resort staff to keep an eye on the marina and greet new arrivals. In the event of any reported theft or vandalism, resort staff can review archived video for evidence and provide a video clip to law enforcement authorities. Additional cameras will be installed to cover a third pier and a floating spa with saunas, a restaurant and a swimming pool later this year. Development of the marina is ongoing. When complete, it will accommodate 150 boats. Contact March Networks in Canada on email: sales@ marchnetworks.com and Tel- Projekti in Finland on email: kimmo.luoto@teleprojekti.fi Stable anchors for lakeside docks The Nautic Company, DualDocker’s distribution partner in Switzerland, has delivered a mooring system for an EZ Dock recreation platform on Lake Geneva. The modular pontoon system is anchored using eight two-ton DualDocker arms in a ‘V’ arrangement. Each arm measures 2.6m in length to ensure stability in 2m water level variations. The system is perfect for the sensitive environment on the Swiss Lakes as there are no mooring lines or piles and no disruption of the lakebed. Nautic Company’s Christian Solterer reported a very happy customer. “During the inauguration event on 27th May, 150 guests and officials could experience for themselves how stable the platform was on a windy summer’s day,” he said. “The DualDocker damping units were doing a brilliant job.” Contact DualDocker in Austria on email: doris. czech@dualdocker. com and The Nautic Company in Switzerland on email: dualdocker@ moramora.ch 56 www.marinaworld.com - July/August 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES Patent pending for FRP rods Bellingham Marine has confirmed that the International Intellectual Property Office has issued ‘patent pending’ status for its new FRP thru-rod and nut system. The company has filed for design protection on the system’s unique bolt thread, nut shapes and overall look, and patent protection for the concept and performance characteristics. The new FRP thru-rod is claimed to offer a longer lifespan than stainless steel rods at a far more economical price. The composite rod consists of a completely corrosion resistant ECRglass fibre and a modified epoxy resin matrix. The specially formulated composite material offers high strength, complete corrosion resistance, durability and unparalleled creep and fatigue resistance. The system was developed by Bellingham in partnership with Pultron Composites, a global industrial technology company that specialises in the development and manufacture of high performance composite fibrereinforced pultrusions. The two companies have been working together over the past seven years to develop the system. “Our first test site was in the Middle East. We wanted to test the product’s performance in a high salinity, high temperature environment, and three years into the testing programme we are thrilled with the results,” said Bellingham president and CEO Everett Babbitt. “We have another test site in New Zealand in an exposed location where we have been monitoring the rod’s fatigue resistance.” “This breakthrough in materials technology is one of the industry’s greatest innovations in the past 25 years. The key to the product’s success is rooted in Pultron’s extensive quality control processes, selection of raw materials and proprietary thread design,” he continued. Customers will be able to purchase the new FRP rods directly through Bellingham Marine or its sister company Marina Accessories. Contact Bellingham Marine in WA, USA on email: bmi@bellingham-marine.com contact@allnautica.com www.all-nautica.com Products & accessories for nautical infrastructures www.marinaworld.com - July/August 2015 57

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