Whole fleet monitoring from Yacht Trace offers smarter compliance and enhanced safety across every vessel
As superyacht chase tenders become larger and more valuable, the consequences of losing one can be substantial. The cost is not limited to replacement. Recovery, disrupted operations, cancelled charters and extended downtime can create significant financial loss, all of which could be prevented for little more than the fuel cost of a single short journey. With budgets tightening across the industry, isn’t now the time to invest in risk management rather than risk recovery?
Yacht Trace now monitors complete fleets, including multiple tenders and Jet Skis from a single system. Already trusted by captains, insurers and yacht managers worldwide, Yacht Trace has become a market leader in advanced tow protection, combining tracking with intelligent monitoring. Its real-world experience is demonstrated through customer projects, towing operations and case studies. The system goes beyond position tracking.
Using GPS on both the mothership and support vessels, it calculates the live distance between them with real time alarms. It also monitors bilge activity, battery condition, pitch, roll and motion, along with bespoke monitoring requirements, via a unique dedicated two-way encrypted RF communications link that operates independently of cellular networks or shore infrastructure, making it ideal for remote operations anywhere in the world. Integrated satellite provides worldwide tracking and recovery capability in the event of theft or total loss.
Realtime data from Yacht Trace can now be viewed within the existing bridge displays with all positions displayed as live plots.For clients who require greater flexibility, Yacht Trace also offers its portable plug-in mothership unit This is particularly useful where an owner has more than one mothership or where tenders are moved between different yachts. Rather than installing a fixed system on every mothership, the portable unit can move with the operation, making the system highly flexible.
Yacht Trace is uniquely accepted by leading marine insurers and is now named within policy clauses. Its monitoring capabilities can allow insurance cover for night towing, more than 50 nautical miles and away from shore. Simple trackers and anti-theft systems do not meet these underwriting requirements. The system is fully standalone, can be installed and tested without the mothership present, and requires no invasive cutting. The tender-side installation can be completed by crew in an hour, while the portable mothership unit simply plugs in. It leaves no scars when transferring to new chase tenders.Yacht Trace also provides bespoke monitoring for specialist requirements. Projects have included prop-shaft monitoring for a 4,000-nautical-mile Pacific tow, fleet and Jet Ski monitoring, lithium battery safety monitoring for electric tenders and custom integrations.
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