MarineTrack Becomes Official Race Supplier
Clipper Ventures announces MarineTrack as the Official Race Supplier for tracking equipment on The Clipper 07-08 Round The World Yacht Race.
With ten years of experience in developing tracking solutions for commercial, recreational and government agencies worldwide, MarineTrack is a welcome supplier to the Clipper 07-08 Race.
“I am delighted Clipper has chosen MarineTrack as the official tracking supplier for the Clipper 07-08 Race”, said Andy Haffenden, Operations Director at MarineTrack.
“This decision endorses our commitment to supplying the racing community the same technology and service our commercial clients have enjoyed for the last decade.”
The race began on 16th September 2007 in Liverpool and will take about ten months to complete over 35,000 miles of racing over seven legs. Each of the Clipper’s 68-foot round the world racing yachts will be fitted with MarineTrack’s RaceTrack system, a robust unit comprising of a discrete transceiver and a built in GPS.
The tracker will be used to pole the position of the fleet every six hours during the race, with latitude and longitude data transmitted via satellite back to Race Control to enable close race monitoring. Race supporters will be able to keep up with the fleet information on the Clipper Race website clipperroundtheworld.com
Fleet positions from the RaceTrack system coupled with online blogs, photographs and video packages, will bring this previously limited spectator sport into the online arena.
“MarineTrack’s tracking device will work well on our ocean racing fleet of Clipper 68s,” said Clipper Chairman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. “I’m delighted they’ve come on board as an Official Race Supplier. The Clipper 07-08 crew, supporters, sponsors and race team will all benefit from this reliable source of position data throughout the duration of the race.”
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