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RACV
SPONSORSHIP
CONTINUES FOR
MELBOURNE
BOAT SHOW
RACV Marine have confirmed that they will
remain the naming rights sponsor of the
Melbourne Boat Show for the second
year running.
The show is set to cater to fishing,
water skiing, wake-boarding and PWC, with
a full schedule of on-stage events and
family entrainment.
The RACV Marine Melbourne Boat Show from
June 13-16 at the Melbourne Convention and
ExhibitionCentre.MARITIMO’S
X-APPEAL
GROWS
Maritimo CEO Garth Corbitt has confirmed the
brand’s success at SCIBS 2019, which culminated
in the sale of multiple boats across their range.
More sales are likely to be finalised in the
coming weeks as deals are negotiated and sea
trials take place.
“Needless to say we are very happy with
the response with sales of both our flybridge
motor yachts and the newly released X50 being
strong,” Corbitt said.Un Chief Addresses Pacific
Forum On Climate Change
Addressing the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva,
Fiji, on 15 May 2019, UN Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres said that climate change
was the single greatest threat to the well-
being of the Pacific.
“Oceans are warming and becoming more
acidic, causing coral bleaching and reducing
biodiversity” the UN chief told the Forum,
stating that global warming of 1.5 degrees
Celsius would cause “severe damage to
tropical reefs”.
He said that sea-levels are set to rise in
some countries four times above the global
average, posing “an existential threat to some
island States”.
He lauded Pacific countries’ commitment to
promote their vision of a “Blue Continent” and
maintained that their voices “remain crucial in
global negotiations”.
“The Pacific has a unique moral authority
to speak out” he said. “It is time for the world
to listen”.
In a joint statement, the Forum had
this message for the world: “The Blue
Pacific is running out of time. We need
transformational change at scale, and
courageous leaders prepared to deliver on it.
We urge all parties, at all levels, to act now. Let
us come together to save our Blue Planet.”SimradhavejustrevealedtheirnewCruise
chartplotter, which is now the most affordable
within their catalogue – prices range from $
to $1099.
It’s been designed for simple, intuitive
navigation and includes a sunlight-viewable
display, pre-loaded Aus and NZ charts by
Navionics, mounting bracket and a transducer fo
CHIRP sonar with automatic depth tracking.
To provide simplicity and affordability, the
Simrad Cruise has been stripped complicated
fishing-specific and networking features,
leaving it with essential GPS and depth-finding
functionality to facilitate reliable navigation.
The Cruise chartplotter is available with five-,
seven- and nine-inch displays, all of which are
controlled by a keypad and rotary dial. It also
comes with an IPX7 waterproof rating, making i
suitable for open-air vessels such as wake-board
boats or tenders.
SIMRAD REVEAL AFFORDABLE NEW CHARTPLOTTER