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Parent Company - Canada Metal Pacific Limited has
acquired New Zealand-based RocnaŽ Anchors. www.rocna.com The
Rocna manufacturing license has been re-assigned to Canada Metal
Pacific. Key Rocna personnel are being retained to assist with
the transition and support ongoing activities.
- Come
see us at METS on Nov 15-17, 2011 - Booth# 11.208 (Hall 11
Canadian Pavilion)
 Main Feature Section
Octopus exhibited at the NMEA Expo, Annapolis
Sailboat Show and IBEX. Below is a short overview of the shows attended.
The
NMEA Expo was once again held at the Sanibel Resort in Fort Myers, Florida. The show was well
attended by east coast dealers, unfortunately, there was noticeably
less dealers from other parts of the country. This is understandable
as many dealers have a tight budget due to our current economic
situation.
Many dealers had a chance
to look at the working model of our Type R Sterndrive System and were
all amazed on how simple it was to install.
To everyone's surprise,
David Hayden, NMEA President submitted his resignation during the
show. We thank him for the job he has done the past few years. Bruce
Angus formerly with Geonav will be his interim replacement.
The proposed venue for next
year's event is Orlando,
Florida. From what we
hear, it is going to be in close vicinity to Disneyland.
So come visit the NMEA Expo and tag on a couple of vacation days.
Annapolis US Sailboat Show
The US Sailboat show was
well attended once again with over 50,000 visitors from all over the
world at the event. Octopus sailboat drives were front and center at
the booth and it was very nice too see the public's reaction to our
working drive units. The show helped promote brand recognition as the
Octopus brand is still relatively unknown to many people.
The big draw at the show
was the Octopus RS Sailboat drive for light displacement yachts up to
15,800 lbs or 38 feet. The drive was of interest as it now gives
smaller sailboats a below deck option when installing an autopilot
drive. Special thanks to Allen at Si-Tex Marine Electronics for
providing our booth an SP110 autopilot which we had connected to the
RS drive. Having the drive, compass and display as a working model
gave the visitors to the booth more understanding on how an autopilot
steers the boat.
RS Sailboat Drive with the new Si-Tex SP-110 Pilot below.
IBEX
At IBEX Octopus was
exhibited together with her sister products - Martyr Anodes and CMP
Marine Chain. The main theme promoted by Octopus at the show is
"Unique Boat Builder Solutions".
The Type R Sterndrive
System was the main attraction at the show. For most boat
builders the Type R System is simply the easiest solution to adding
an autopilot to a cable steered sterndrive boat. Representatives from
Garmin, Navico and Mercury Marine visited the booth examining the
system and the drive unit.
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