Our tour of Raymarine’s Environmental Test Centre continues with a visit to the Salt Mist Room, Hot Room and Shaker Room, in the last of which products undergo shock and vibration tests
Today’s center-console tournament fishing boats are big, powerful and designed to get to fish fast, a decided advantage in most tournament-fishing situations. But speed can come at a cost; decreased reaction time can threaten safety.
Captain Tim Dean has been running Calypso Fishing Adventures in the productive waters between Port Stephens and Cairns, Australia for the past 25 years. “My clients come from all around the world to fish here in Australia, predominantly on the Great Barrier Reef chasing giant black marlin,” he says.
Raymarine’s environmental test centre assesses the integrity of the company’s product range with exceptional thoroughness, beginning with the thermal chambers and Wet Room