Imtra Corporation’s AutoAnchor AA150 has just been recognized with the 2006Freeman Pittman Award for Innovation, the highest accolade for product inventiveness in the sailing industry. The AA150 accurately measures the length of ground tackle released or retrieved by almost any brand of electric windlass. That length (in meters or feet) of chain and/or rode is then displayed on a bright LED, housed in a standard-size instrument case at the helm, flybridge or foredeck. The AA150 also contains a docking alarm to alert the operator for the last 1.5 meters (5 feet) of anchor retrieval.
Having a precise reading on amount of ground tackle deployed helps boaters
anchor more securely, knowing, instead of guessing their scope ratio. The weather resistant display can be installed with up to 2 remotes. Its LED has adjustable intensity backlighting, and this system can be simply programmed to measure chain, rope or combination rodes: the AA150 is the first rode counter than can do this.
The Pittman Awards were established in 1996 to highlight important advances that use engineering and technical innovation to make sailing safer and more fun. Only three products were recognized this year in the “Gear for Cruisers” category.
For more information, contact:
IMTRA Corporation
30 Samuel Barnet Blvd.
New Bedford, MA 02745
www.imtrac.com 
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