Dame Award winners

DAME AWARD WINNER 2022

RescueME PLB3 AIS Personal Locator Beacon

Company: Ocean Signal Ltd.
Stand: 03.438
Jury Comment: The headline news of the compact PLB3 is its combination of an AIS man overboard device and GPS with a Cospas-Sarsat personal locator beacon, Galileo Return Link Service and even visible and infrared signal lights. In a rescue situation speed is always of the essence and this unit provides the very best chance for survival through this combination of long- and short-range detection. The design detail goes even further though, in items like the wellillustrated instruction manual and in a Near Field Communication app that enables you to test the PLB3 using your mobile telephone.

Its harnessing of multiple technologies to save lives in such a small unit and obvious attention to design detail made the Ocean Signal RescueME PLB3 AIS Personal Locator Beacon the standout product in the Jury room and a worthy DAME Award 2022 winner.

CATEGORY WINNERS

MARINE ELECTRONICS AND MARINE RELATED SOFTWARE

YachtSense Link 4G Marine Router

Company: Raymarine
Stand: 01.111

Jury Comment: Networking is hot news in the marine leisure world with more products entering the market to deal with increasingly interconnected levels of equipment onboard a boat. It takes a special product to standout, but Raymarine has achieved that with this innovative, well made and highly useful unified communications router system. It automatically switches between dual SIM 4G and WiFi for internet traffic, features a five-into-one high gain antenna and offers a generous number of wired connections for network connectivity, NMEA2000 data, and digital input/outputs. Good design detail is also evident in the case design which is reassuringly protected to IPx6.

MARINA EQUIPMENT, BOATYARD EQUIPMENT AND BOAT CONSTRUCTION TOOLS AND MATERIALS

MarineShift360 Lifecycle Assessment Tool

Company: MarineShift360
Stand: 12.901
Jury Comment: Following four years of research and development, this web-based Life Cycle Assessment tool has been released as a not-for-profit industry collaboration to place hitherto expensive environmental impact benchmarking within realistic reach of the marine leisure industry. It is one thing to provide the complex logic that sits behind a product of this kind, but MarineShift360 has also spent obvious time on the user interface design. Intuitive assessment templates guide you through the assessment – these templates are well designed, mobile responsive, easy to read and load very quickly with low overhead on the user’s browser.

DECK EQUIPMENT, SAILS AND RIGGING

Arya

Company: Amare Srl
Stand: 03.445
Jury Comment: The Arya is a telescopic passerelle that converts into an ascending or descending boarding ladder via push button control. This product is elegantly styled and pleasing to look at thanks to a fully disguised operating mechanism which sits within its 316 stainless steel spine. Well finished, deep teak treads add the finishing touch. A welcome first product of this type from a relatively new manufacturer.

CLOTHING AND CREW ACCESSORIES

Aquafleece Robe

Company: Rooster®
Stand: 05.508
Jury Comment: The Aquafleece Robe is one of those products best appreciated when worn, an over-sized comfort blanket for watersports lovers who want something very cosy to cuddle into at the end of the day. Look again though and there’s more design effort than meets the eye with features such as a fluffy liner made from recycled material that can be removed from the water and wind proof outer shell. In a world of escalating marine clothing prices, the Aquafleece is priced sensibly too.

LIFESAVING AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT

RescueME PLB3 AIS Personal Locator Beacon

MACHINERY,PROPULSION, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND FITTINGS

Integrel....The Next Generation

Company: Integrel Solutions
Stand: 01.580
Jury Comment: Integrel has expanded the capabilities of the original DAME Award-winning technology by increasing generation capacity and catering for larger boats. The company has also added an e-drive module to deliver all-electric propulsion capability and a torque boost option similar in concept to mild hybrid in automotive that provides short boosts of additional power to lift powerboats onto the plane, potentially reducing the installed internal combustion horsepower needs. Aside from the blend of electronic and mechanical design required to achieve the required performance, the Jury specifically noted the excellence of the engineering on display.

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AWARD WINNER

Essential

Company: ACELERON Ltd
Stand: 02.117
Jury Comment: For its first ever citation in this category, the Jury selected a product that addresses a rapidly growing concern about end-of-life disposal in a world heading for batteries with everything. The Essential is a cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate battery with replaceable and upgradeable parts using compression rather than welded assembly to enable servicing in the field. A faulty cell no longer requires the replacement of the whole battery. Returned parts are redistributed for use in other products or remanufactured for second life use. Advanced features include Bluetooth and CanBus connectivity. Aceleron’s Essential is a very welcome introduction in the power storage field. It reminds the whole marine sector of the need for better serviceability on all equipment to reduce needless waste and loss of resources.

SPECIAL MENTIONS

MARINE ELECTRONICS AND MARINE RELATED SOFTWARE

IC-M510E (with AIS receiver)

Company: Icom Inc.
Stand: 01.151

Jury Comment: A predictably competent and well-designed Class-D DSC VHF from this radio specialist that adds smart phone remote control inter-connectivity via iOS and Android apps.

MAX mini

Company: Sailmon B.V.
Stand: 11.200

Jury Comment: Beautifully designed, very portable sailing performance tracker with a price point making it accessible to many sailors and an operation that should take the hard work out of analysis. It floats too if you are unfortunate enough to drop it over the side.

MARINA EQUIPMENT, BOATYARD EQUIPMENT AND BOAT CONSTRUCTION TOOLS AND MATERIALS

Aqua superPower global marine

Company: Aqua superPower Limited
Stand: 05.517

Jury Comment: Not so much a product as a neatly designed package, Aqua superPower has been making significant strides in addressing a concern for the growing number of electric boats – how to charge them quickly on a pontoon.