Saltwater Boat Angling — November 2017

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C-MAP, which is one of the leading

suppliers of digital marine cartography

and cloud-based mapping solutions

recently announced that is has acquired

i-Sea AS, a technology and consulting

company focused on the marine sector.

Located in Oslo, Norway, i-Sea designs,

develops and operates maritime

solutions. i-Sea developed and

launched Embark, in 2015, a user-

friendly, cross-platform application for

the boating community. With more

than 160,000 Embark users, i-Sea uses

its scalable technology platform to

create and deliver nautical maps to

boaters around the world.

“We are very pleased to acquire i-Sea,”

said Sean Fernback, CEO C-MAP.

“We are committed to providing

recreational boaters with the best

experience to help them plan, navigate

and enjoy their journey. The acquisition

of i-Sea helps us to further deliver

on that commitment.” “We are very

happy to have become a part of the

C-MAP team,” said Kristin Omholt-

Jensen, CEO i-Sea. “C-MAP has map

data, talents and  nancial strength

demonstrating their appetite to invest

in future technologies and products.

Together with C-MAP we will be able to

scale Embark to boaters everywhere.”

For more information on C-MAP Light

Marine and Commercial products, visit

http://www.c-map.com.

Our very own Kyle Waterhouse

has been named as a Garmin

Ambassador. He is the current

European Kayak Champion and said

of the announcement; “I’m extremely

proud to be joining the Garmin

 shing team. To have the support

and involvement with what I believe

to be the biggest marine electronics

brand is massively exciting. As

a kayak angler, I’ve been using

Garmin tech for several seasons

and the electronics I use make a

huge di erence to my success and

enjoyment of the sport. I’m buzzing

about my future  shing career as a

Garmin ambassador.” 

The 2017  shing team uses

Garmin electronics on their boats

and kayaks during training and

tournaments. The team is equipped

with detailed charts and best-in-

class electronics and technology,

including the GPSMAP® 7410xsv

J1939 and GPSMAP® 1022xsv series

chart plotters ranging in size from

seven - to twelve -inches. They will

also be equipped with the Garmin

Panoptix™ PS-30 & PS-31 all-seeing

sonar. Garmin was, apparently,

the  rst to give anglers the ability

to see all around their boat in real

time by bringing Panoptix™ sonar

imaging to the water. Using this

technology, they will also be able to

instantly create their personalised

HD maps with 1-foot contours with

the free and easy to use Quickdraw™

Contours and share it with the

Quickdraw Community on Garmin

Connect™.

Turn to page 48 where Kyle writes

about the Panoptix unit in his latest

article. Well done Kyle and of course

he will continue to be a part of the

Saltwater team.

Garmin names

Kyle Waterhouse

new ambassador

Kyle Bass

C-Map Acquires i-Sea

Mea Culpa -

Lighthouse

Correction

Last month we published an article

about the Eddystone Lighthouse

and the reef surrounding it. Several

sharp-eyed readers noticed that

one of the pictures, an aerial shot of

the lighthouse and the reef, looked

suspiciously like a di erent location.

Well, they were right! It was in fact a

shot of the Skerryvore lighthouse in

Scotland. We would add that, Mike

Millman, who wrote the article, did

not supply this picture – so apologies

all round for the error.

Eddystone Lighthouse

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