World Cruising Club will again fit Yellowbrick Iridium tracking units to the entire ARC fleet this year. The small Yellowbrick transmitters will send automatic reports at a 6 hourly interval, with position, heading and speed shown on the Fleet Viewer. A great way for family and friends to follow the fleet across the Atlantic, and invaluable in an emergency.
Yellowbrick provides the perfect way for family and friends at home to clearly follow the progress of the boats from the comfort of their sofa. Using the Fleet Viewer on the WCC website, people at home can follow the route the boats are taking, track their progress over 24 hour periods, and even see their current speed.
 The small transponders, which use the Iridium satellite network to send position reports, are battery operated and easily fitted to yachts. Because they operate independently of the yacht's onboard systems, they will still transmit in an emergency situation. As Rally organisers, the trackers provide us with an invaluable safety mechanism. Yellowbrick enables us to know exactly where the individuals yachts are, and we can remotely control how often the units onboard send a position signal. In an emergency situation, this means the transmission frequency can be increased, and the boat’s course plotted without the need for any power onboard. The units have already helped in the successful recoveries of damaged boats in both the ARC and World ARC in the past year.
Yellowbrick Adventure Tracking - www.adventuretracking.com
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