Safety and Rescue Equipment
PRESSINFORMATION PI 14/03b.e
February 2014
Unique Man-Over-Board-System: ”MOBOS®“
Speedy rescue thanks to precise GPS location – independent and free of charge – huge relief of international rescue systems!
Rösrath/Germany – In a few weeks the booming fair “Beach & Boat 2014” opens in Leipzig/Germany and numerous novelties are going to be presented to visitors. One of it attaches already high attention in advance: the new Man-Over-Board-System MOBOS®.
MOBOS® stands for Man-Over-Board-Operating-Systemand is a GPS supported rescue system which makes a speedy and exact location of the casualty possible. It is not a homing system, no bearing is required but an accurate GPS positioning informs the skipper precisely where the person in need is located.
The specific feature of this system is its independency: It neither needs support of external rescue institutions such as Coast Guards and Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) nor does it need support of external technologies like Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS), marine radio or AIS.
The system consists of two units both are GPS supported, a receiver aboard the boat and the beacons carried by the crew member. The MOBOS®-Beacons are very compact and can be easily attached to any Personal Floatation Device: anyhow it can be embedded into an automatic life jacket or it can be attached to foam life jackets with a pouch.
The MOBOS®-Beacon is available with hand control switch (for foam life jackets) or with automatic switch, which will be activated when the life jacket inflates itself. Thanks to its compact measurements of 200 x 35 mm (H x D; 7.9 x 1.4 inches) and the light weight of 170 grams (0.38 lbs) the MOBOS®-Beacon does not impede movements and activities.
Direct alarm to the crew – without additional technology and support
But regardless of the preferred model,after activation the MOBOS®-Beacon relays the first alert immediately to the MOBOS®-Receiver aboard the boat to inform the crew about the incidence. Then the MOBOS®-Beacon automatically begins to determine its GPS position which also will be transmitted directly to the MOBOS®-Receiver onboard.
Using its own GPS position and the received GPS position from the MOBOS®-Beacon the MOBOS®-Receiver then evaluates the exact distance and bearing from the boat to the man overboard. This life-saving information is displayed as an easily understandable graph on the MOBOS®-Receiver screen. The key for a speedy rescue.
Rescue on one’s own responsibility – license free and free of charge – from any boat
MOBOS® is not only independent from external support but also from any kind of boat because of the Receiver’s handy and comfortable splash water proofed case which makes an application possible even in dinghies and inflatable vessels.
Contrary to other rescue systems the MOBOS®-Beacon relays its data to the Receiver with a radio frequency which is license free and free of charge. No SRC, Short Range Certificate is required and the use of the frequency doesn’t cause costs. Thus MOBOS® relieves the international emergency system 406 MHz (COSPAS/SARSAT) because it doesnot alarm Coast Guards and MRCC.
Ten years experiences
The system is brand-new and will be launched in January 2014 at “boot” show. It’s manufacturer, the German company Seareq e.K. Safety and Rescue System seems also to be new to boaters and yachters. This is due to the fact that Seareq, managed by its owner and graduated engineer Karl Hansmann, was mainly focused on scuba diving equipment and business in the last ten years. Here the brand is well-known for its specialties which all concern safety: from SOLAS reflectors up to “ENOS®”, an electronic rescue and locating system.
This local rescue device makes a speedy andself-confident rescue operation possible and is worldwide in application since 2006. With its help divers which were swept away by currents can send their GPS position directly to the boat to inform the crew where they are drifting on the surface. Hence no diving boat equipped with ENOS®-System had to take a search operation for missed divers in these times because the crews always precisely knew where the lost divers were located. No wonder that everybody of Seareq is proud of this result.
During the development of MOBOS®Hansmannbenefitted from his long-term experiences and knowledge he got from ENOS®-System, which he also has invented and which is approved by numerous applicationsworldwide. The result is a new system basesupon long experiences of another device made by the same company and the same principle of function.
One of the advantages are the protected GPS and radio receiving antennas placed inside the robust housing of the Beacon. Here a damage of antennas is unlikely – the most sensitive part of a rescue transmitter. Depending on skipper’s preferences the MOBOS®-Receiver is available in a portable case or as permanently installation on captain’s bridge. Another benefit which baseson Hansmann’s long-term knowhow regarding rescue operations at sea is the direct and immediate alarm to the crew relayed by the MOBOS®-Beaconafter activation even before the GPS position of the person in need is evaluated.
Life-saving and affordable
MOBOS®is a rescue system for sailors and boaters providing a lot of benefits which making the device unique: A combination of GPS and radio frequency, license free and free of charge, high-technology manufactured in comfortable and compact measurements for an easy use in any kind of boat, independent from external technologies such as Cospas/Sarsat, marine radio, AISetc.. Last but not least the MOBOS®-Receiver is able to receive, evaluate and to display multiple alerts simultaneously if several crew members fall overboard due to heavy sea!
But what’s about the price? Here also the system has an outstanding character because the retail price of the MOBOS®-Receiver is approx. EUR 1448 and the MOBOS®-Beacon costs approx. EUR 578. It is possible to combine any number of beacons with one receiver. Customer-focused onthe individual requirements of the skipper and his boat.
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About Seareq:
The company Seareq was founded in 2003 and specializes in safety and rescue equipment especially for the scuba diving industry. Seareq developed the Electronic Rescue and Locating System ENOS®, world’s first GPS supported rescue system which functions independent from coast guards and Marine Coordination Centers. Speedy rescue operations are possible, even in remote areas. ENOS®-System attached high attention due to its self-confident principle of function which relieves the international emergency frequencies. Many inquiries from boaters, yachters and professional federations were addressed to Seareq. From 2014 Seareq offers MOBOS®-System, a GPS supported MOB-System which is absolutely independent from external help and technologies.In addition to its proprietary developments the company imports goods from other countries as importer for sales in Europe. 2010 effected a change of corporation form into Seareq. e. K. Further information:
Contact:
Seareq e. K.
Safety and Rescue Equipment
Christiane Linkenbach
Marketing & PR
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Str. 25, 51503 Rösrath, GERMANY
Tel.: + 49 (0)2205 – 91 22 -26Fax: + 49 (0)2205 – 91 22 -70
Internet:
Direct Dial: + 49 (0)2205 – 91 22 -27Mobile: +49 (0)172 – 510 57 27
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Photos:
MOBOS®-Beacon MTX-A MOBOS®-Beacon MTX-MMOBOS®-Receiver MRX in a por-
with automatic activation with manual switchtable, splash-water proofed case
After the life jacket is inflated the MOBOS®-Beacon
MTX-A stands upright and relays its position
MOBOS®-Beacon MTX-A in application
Precise data on the display of MOBOS®-
Receiver shows the position of the MOB.
The self-contained principle of function of MOBOS®-Systemmakes a
speedy rescue operation possible, managed by one’s own responsibility.
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