Raymarine introduces integration with Cyclops Marine in the upcoming LightHouse HVAR version 3.16

Cyclops Marine's technology for thread load monitoring can now be integrated into Raymarine systems for those users who have updated the LightHouse operating system.

Fareham, United Kingdom – Raymarine is pleased to present its upcoming operating system software update LightHouse HVAR 3.16. The LightHouse 3:16, named after the Croatian word for WHERE in the Adriatic Sea, comes with several new features and smart, tri-load detection from Cyclops Marine. LightHouse software releases offer new, regular system benefits for all boaters using AxiomTM displays.

Cyclops Marine was founded in 2018 to simplify the sophisticated load sensing devices previously only available to racing teams and superyacht crews. The integration of this technology with LightHouse HVAR 3.16 will be a significant supplements and involves enhanced awareness for competitive and recreational sailors

Cyclops Marine sensors are three-dimensional, load-sensing instruments, designed to measure the load on the sailboat's rigging. Smarttune is designed to replace the existing cap screw for either the fore or side stays, while the smartlink can simply be used for all sails, halyards, staysails, spars, halyards, flag lines and interrupter. The sensors are simply connected to the Cyclops Marine Gateway below deck, which connects to Raymarine's Axiom displays to show the load at identified load points on the vessel. the rigging of the boat. With LightHouse HVAR 3.16, the user can see the strö moving, static and dynamic load data transmitted by Cyclops Marine's sensors on up to 50 sensor locations.

For racing sailors, real-time display of the tension in the fore or stern stay means that the tension in the bow can be optimized at critical points. The skipper can then increase the tension for more power or reduce it to reduce power, and bringing out så as much as possible of the wind fields and steering to enable the fastest repeatable performance.

Smart load sensing also benefits; the often pleasure-sailing catamarans. The catamaran's två hull does not lean as much in strong wind, which makes it more difficult to judge the load on; the sails. A bimini sunshade, common in warmer climates, solves the problem because the sails become harder to see, and it becomes harder to judge the effect of the sails. Instantaneous voltage data on; Axiom displays eliminate such ambiguities.

Ian Howarth, CEO of Cyclops Marine, writes: ”We are very pleased that sailors with Raymarine's AxiomTM displays can have; benefit from the benefits of seeing rig loads in real time. Once upon a time Competitive sailors sometimes tell us that it is a ”game changer” when they find the ultimate speed and can replicate the rig. For recreational sailors, the ability to see load pressures expressed in comprehensible numbers means a guarantee that they are sailing within the safety zone, or a reminder that it might be time to take in a reef. .

Axiom users get a range of additional feature improvements. with the new software release LightHouse 3:16. The anchor now takes into account cold compensation and waterline to deck distance, and users of MercuryTM engines can now benefit from a pop-up window, which provides the skipper with system information and warnings about the status of the engines.

”The new functions in LightHouse 3.16 and the addition of Cyclops Marine technology is another example of; the constantly improved LightHouse software and Axiom display ecosystem delivered to boat people with appropriate equipment. Load-bearing sensors give boats clearer access to the most indispensable data for fast and precise sail handling, says Gregoire Outters, General Manager at Raymarine. ”It strengthens us in our philosophy that by giving sailors complete control over the sea, that they have the most complete picture of navigational information in real-time perform, designed to improve safety, situational awareness and performance.”

More information about the Raymarine LightHouse 3 operating system can be found at ; www.raymarine.se/multifunktionsdisplayer/lighthouse3/v3-16. html