Atlas horizontal windlasses offer a number of innovative features for easy installation and low maintenance.

Made in Italy, the Lofrans Atlas windlass has an anodised aluminium body, a heavy-duty rated IP66 12V electric motor and chain counter pre-setting as standard. Rope-chain management is by spring-loaded arm and there is a manual chain release.

Rated 600 watts at 60 amps, the Atlas has a maximum linear load of 700kg (lift load 350kg), retrieves line at a maximum of 69 metres per minute, and is suitable for vessels up to 40 feet (12.2m) long.

The windlass accommodates 6mm ISO, 6mm DIN 766 and 3/16” BBB chains, along with 12mm or half-inch ropes.

Lofrans Atlas horizontal windlasses are supplied with solenoids built into the case, eliminating pre-wiring for easy installation. They are also come in a white polyester coating and a three-year warranty.

Chris Dent has joined the team at Lighthouse Marine Equipment as Technical Supervisor. He takes responsibility for product support, service and customer/installation liaison for the company’s comprehensive range of premium marine products.

A qualified maintenance and diagnostics engineer with seven years’ experience aboard superyachts, Chris returned to New Zealand in 2009. Since then, he has worked as relief engineer on trans-Atlantic crossings and undertaken general on-call relief and delivery work.

“I’m looking forward to a spell of relatively ‘clean’ landbased employment and less time on the tools,” says Chris, who takes up his new position on Sept 1, 2011. He has settled in Albany where he and his wife are expecting their first child.

Chris will provide invaluable technical expertise for in-field service and warranty work, as well as installation advice and a complete support mechanism for customers nationwide.

Chris’ appointment further enhances Lighthouse Marine Equipment’s ability to support its customers and staff and reinforces the company’s commitment to its customers and the future of the marine industry in New Zealand.

Dometic’s new Breathe Easy 12-volt DC portable air purifier reduces biological contaminants, eliminates odours and enhances air quality.

Breathe Easy portable air purifiers are ideal for boats, cars, toilets, offices or anywhere odours, mould, tobacco smoke, mildew, mustiness or chemical vapours are a problem. They are effective in rooms and spaces up to 9.3m2 in size and small enough to be relatively inconspicuous and easily portable.

Dometic’s Breathe Easy air purifier uses photocatalytic nano-mesh technology to bombard offending microscopic particles with ultraviolet (UV) light, reducing mould spores and bacteria by 99% and neutralising 96% of volatile organic compounds (odours and fumes).

Photocatalytic nano-mesh technology is powerful and safe, producing no harmful ozone and enhancing air quality.

The Dometic Breathe Easy air purifier offers quiet operation, two fan speeds and an easy-to-replace UV bulb. It is supplied with a 240V power adapter, plugs and 12V DC power plug.
 

Family-owned Italian company Technoseal Srl manufactures and supplies sacrificial anodes for diverse marine and industrial applications. Lighthouse Marine Equipment Ltd is proud to supply Technoseal products for the New Zealand market.

Tecnoseal Srl is one of the world’s leading suppliers of sacrificial anodes for cathodic protection. They are manufacturers of zinc, aluminum and magnesium anodes for the leisure boat market, general shipping, and for offshore and industrial applications.

The Scotto family, whose passions were fuelled by a desire to produce a perfect, top-quality product, started Technoseal Srl in the 1970s. With over 30 years experience, the family still produces and supplies from their foundry in Grosseto (Tuscany, Italy).

Today, Tecnoseal Srl offers one of the largest anode ranges in the world, with almost 1000 standard anode types in production and more than 3000 custom-manufactured items.
 

Their anodes are manufactured entirely in the Grosseto foundry, from the mould design to the final product. The anodes’ quality is guaranteed by the processes, experience and preparation put in place by specialist engineers.
 

What makes Tecnoseal anodes such a quality product?
• 3D CAD-assisted mould design stations
• extra-fine die-casting production methods with the latest in high-end technology
• systematic raw material purity analysis and rigorous alloy composition checks on final products in accordance with international standards (such as US MIL-A-18001)
• individual quality control inspections by hand and eye, plus a customised packaging service.

The result is a high quality, perfectly finished product appreciated worldwide. Tecnoseal offers the perfect combination of affordable prices and premium quality.

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Made for the hands-on boater, the Sea Recovery Aqua Whisper DX allows you to customise features and pressure settings with an advanced touch-screen display, digital menu and pictorial images of operating conditions.

The Aqua Whisper DX watermaker monitors product water quality (salinity); displays scheduled service intervals, hours of operation and real-time flow/production rates; and comes computer interface ready.
Rugged, reliable and safe, the Aqua Whisper DX features a smooth, super-quiet stainless steel plunger pump purpose-designed for seawater reverse osmosis, a low noise manifold system, and vibration insulation mounts. A high efficiency booster pumps extends pre-filter life while a new high rejection/high yield membrane element produces higher quality fresh water in a small space. The fibreglass reinforced high-pressure membrane vessel is stronger and corrosion-proof.

Sea Recovery Aqua Whisper DX watermakers are supplied ready to install and begin making freshwater immediately – no need for optional or additional items. A complete installation kit is supplied, along with a detailed owner’s operation and maintenance manual.

There are six DX models with freshwater production ranging between 1703 and 6,814 litres per day.

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