1st Mate Marine Safety and Security System

1stMate

October 1, 2020

Confidence at hand

The 1st Mate Marine Safety and Security System puts confidence in the palm of your hand with overboard alerts, distress messaging and theft-deterrent functionality. Utilizing wearable fobs and your mobile device, 1st Mate combines boat safety with convenience.

 

 

 

What is 1st Mate?

1st Mate is an intelligent hub, wearable device and mobile app providing safety alerts and boat security, including:

  • Man-overboard monitoring and alerts

  • Distress message capability

  • Theft Deterrent Functionality

1st Mate Marine Safety and Security System utilizes wearable fobs for boat captain and up to seven passengers. These wearables connect to a mobile device and ensure that if the captain falls overboard, the engine(s) will stop, an alarm will sound and alerts will be sent via the 1st Mate mobile app, thanks to direct integration with the vessel’s propulsion system.

Similarly, if a passenger falls overboard, the captain will be alerted and given the passenger’s GPS location via the app.

How 1st Mate Works

Captain wearing FOB falls overboard:

  • Engine(s) stop when fob is submerged in water

  • Audible alarm from boat hub and mobile device app

  • Location marked via GPS on app and vessel multifunction displays (if equipped)

  • Alerts sent to mobile app and wearables of connected passenger(s)

  • Instructions provided on mobile app of connected passenger(s) on how to return to location where captain went overboard

Passenger wearing FOB falls overboard:

  • Audible alarm from boat hub and mobile device app

  • Location marked via GPS on app and vessel multifunction displays (if equipped)

  • Alerts sent to mobile app and wearables of connected captain and other passenger(s)

  • Directions provided on mobile app to location where passenger went overboard

Theft Deterrent System (TDS)

TDS locks your engine(s) to prevent unauthorized use. Once you’re ready to get back behind the wheel, your engine(s) can easily be unlocked via the proximity of the captain’s wearable or by using the 1st Mate mobile app. Additional TDS functions are available on the 1st Mate Marine Safety and Security System for Mercury SmartCraft Engines.

Distress Message

If a boat captain (driver wearing the captain’s fob) falls overboard and can’t get back onboard, or passengers can’t return the boat to the captain, 1st Mate will send a distress message to your emergency contact(s). Distress message is sent after a countdown timer expires or a request for help is made. Message includes location, heading, date and time of the “man overboard” event.

 

Where to Buy:

1st Mate

Related Articles

Video Gallery

Bennington 22 MSB

By Andy Adams

If you’ve already had firsthand experience with a pontoon, you will easily understand the appeal of the Bennington 22 MSB. But if you haven’t, let’s start by reviewing a few of the reasons why pontoon boats have become top sellers in markets across North America.

Pontoon boats began in the early 1950s as basically four steel drums lashed to a frame. They were not unlike the log rafts of ancient cultures and not much more sophisticated at first.

Read More

Destinations

The Best of Two Worlds

By Mathew Channer

Interior British Columbia might not be as famous for recreational boating as Canada’s Great Lakes, yet it is no less a world-class boat­ing destination. The mountains offer their own flavour of marine adventure with their series of long, deep ribbon lakes, and there is perhaps no area that embodies this more uniquely than the iconic Okanagan basin in southern B.C. One could be forgiven for assuming this valley was purpose-built for nautical fun, with a few delightful perks thrown in to make the area entirely irresistible (wine-tasting, anyone?).

Read More

Lifestyle