New - Explorer - Unique to WASSP

Explorer is a set of unique software and hardware designed to add extra benefits to Super Yacht Exploration and Charter activities. Yacht Skippers are being asked to operate in waters with only limited Navigation information. Now with WASSP and Explorer, Skippers can send a Tender Vessel out to explore and build their own Bathymetric seafloor profiles ahead of the “Mother Vessel”. 120º Bathymetric profiles can be transmitted back to the Mother vessel providing realtime information on the WASSP “ECS” – electronic chart system display. The location of the Mother Vessel and 2nd Tender Vessel are displayed along with the Bathymetric profiles transmitted from the WASSP.

There are three methods to transfer Bathymetric data from Tender to Mother Vessel.

1. Via UHF radio link – Benefit, long line of sight distance (up to 10nm) from tender to Mother vessel. Data limited in resolution.
2. Via WAN to link Tender to Mother Vessel – Benefit, higher data rate = greater resolution from Wassp, range limited to 3nm.
3. By recording information on the tender and updating the Mother Vessel Navigator display via USB storage drive. Benefit – full detail can be transferred, data not real time.

On the Super Yacht.

On the bridge of the Super Yacht will be a Nav PC running WASSP Navigator. This is a simple ECS display that can be easily operated via touch screen or mouse. The Navigator display is designed to manage your WASSP bathymetry data and water column data. It will also show and track the Tender out collecting bathymetry data. The Navigator display can be used as an aid to planning Navigation routes through confined water ways, to plan future dive expeditions and review data collected via WASSP Multibeam sonar. The Navigator can be connected either to a serial port and UHF modem, or via a network to a Wireless LAN or just updated via USB portable drives.

On the Tender.