Super Yachts - Discover more with WASSP
WASSP WMB-160F multibeam sonar with side-scan can provide super yacht captains, skippers and owners with unparalleled information about the marine environment.
A Wassp system supplies superbly detailed sonic pictures of the sea floor, and anything lying on it, or in the water column below and to either side of the boat.
   
WASSP delivers unparalleled 120° high resolution coverage
The WASSP WMB160F uses a transducer frequency of 160 kHz to transmit and receive 112 sonar beams across a 120° swath of the seafloor and water column port-starboard of the boat. It operates effectively in depths of between three and 200 metres.
In 100 metres of water, the swath will cover a strip of sea floor 346 metres wide from port to starboard – 173 metres either side of the vessel.
The information is used to generate 112 seafloor points – one bottom point or detection every 1.54m – which are joined in real time to generate accurate 2D and 3D bathymetric profiles. Information is also obtained on seafloor hardness to enable the 2D Contour mode to display seafloor profiles by either depth or by seafloor hardness.
Functions also include conventional echo sounder, triple-beam and side scan sonar modes. Split-screen functionality allows the simultaneous display of up to four different views.
Conventional (10°)
single beam sounder. |
WASSP multibeam sonar (120°)
high resolution coverage |
Easy-to-use and cost-effective
Multibeam sonars are traditionally the realm of hydrographic surveyors and marine scientists. They are bulky and expensive.
WASSP WMB-160F is neither. It conducts seabed profiling at up to 100 times the speed of conventional single-beam echo-sounders, with improved accuracy and significantly reduced cost.
Wassp’s powerful Windows XP-based software runs on an ordinary PC or laptop and is controlled using a mouse. The interface is user-friendly and easy to master. The display modes offer maximum versatility and data can be output to third-party plotting systems.
WMB-160F’s compact transducer can be mounted through the vessel’s hull, on a pole to deploy asrequired. It can also be mounted remotely in a tender, with sonar data transmitted wirelessly to the mothership.
Sea floor profiling
A Wassp WMB-160F multi-beam sonar provides detailed profiles of the seafloor in high resolution 2D or 3D views, generated in real time. Seafloor hardness profiles can help identify areas of interest.
Super yacht Captains or owners can use the detailed bathymetric charts generated from Wassp to compare with existing navigation charts to identify shallow and deep water areas.
Seafloor profiling data can be saved for subsequent use, allowing Captains to create their own seafloor profiles of areas they frequent. Historical information can be compared with real time Wassp data, overlaying fish schools for instance, or exported to existing plotting software packages.
Unfamiliar shores
A superyacht captain or owner entering an anchorage for the first time or approaching an unfamiliar shore can use a Wassp-equipped tender to profile the seafloor, wirelessly relaying the information to the mothership where it can be displayed.
Use it to survey bays, reefs, potential achorages and much more – armed with real time data, the yacht can proceed with safety.
Diving
WASSP is also ideal for divers and marine archaeologists, amateur or professional, looking to identify and explore wrecks and other areas of interest.
WASSP supplies superbly detailed sonic pictures of the sea floor, and anything lying on it or in the water column below and to either side of the boat. Interesting dive sites can be easily identified and accurately mapped. It’s an invaluable tool for surveying new dive areas, and for gaining a deeper understanding of familiar sites.
Sports fishing
For the sports fisherman, Wassp WMB-160F can survey prospective fishing areas, accurately mapping the bottom contours and displaying them in 2D or 3D view, or offer new insights on familiar ones. Pelagic fish schools are easily located and their distance from the boat plotted, and bottom structure is accurately rendered, allowing precise boat positioning and targeted trolling runs.
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