Westcoast Ultrasonics
Westcoast Ultrasonics
Welcome to our September newsletter and we hope that you enjoyed the good weather and having fun on the water.
Unfortunately it's getting towards the time when you will be considering the annual haul out of your boat for inspection, maintenance and the possible application of toxic antifouling paint. For those of you who have not fitted our ultrasonic antifouling system, now is the time to give it some careful consideration, as you will never have to scrape, prepare and apply bottom paint again.
Ultrasonic Anti-fouling System for Power and Sail Boats.
We are receiving feedback from our customers all of the time and this last week we received some testimonials from customers who installed our systems 18 + months ago i.e.: "What I like most about the product is that I always have a clean hull and I have saved cash not having to apply antifouling paint. I am extremely satisfied with the results".
Needless to say all feedback was very positive and our customers are delighted with the results; read more on our updated testimonials on the website.
This months Pacific Yachting magazine did a small article on our ultrasonic system in the Off The Shelf, Fall Shopping Guide section, its on page 56 and they may also be doing a more in-depth article in a later issue.
Some of you may read Green Marine magazine, it's available on the internet and in this months issue there is a very interesting article by Kathy Heise on "The Emerging Issue of Underwater Noise Pollution".
To quote some parts of the article: "Since the 1960s underwater noise levels have been doubling in intensity every decade in the open Pacific. This is of concern because marine animals, and particularly whales and dolphins use sound to communicate, to detect predators and prey, and to navigate. Sound travels five times faster in water than it does in air, and propagates much further. A 100 hertz signal can travel for 1,000 kilometers with little attenuation - higher frequency sounds diminish with distance more quickly.
Ten percent of all merchant vessels produce intense tones due to equipment requiring maintenance, such as a damaged propeller or a fouled hull. These conditions also reduce fuel economy".
So you may think "does ultrasonic antifouling effect marine life as it emits acoustic sound waves?" Well it doesn't because:
a) the frequencies used by whales, dolphins etc are between 100 and 4,500 Hz whereas the sound waves emitted by our ultrasonics system are far higher, between 19 kHz and 42 kHz, so it is not detected by our loveable friends.
b) the system should be turned off when at sea.
We continue to value your interest and look forward to being of assistance to you in the future.
Sincerely
Bernie and Don
Our Product:
Ultrasonic antifouling is a safe and environmentally friendly alternative to using bottom paint, the system keeps the hull clean and free from marine growth. Cleaning and applying anti-fouling paint is costly, time consuming and more importantly, is toxic and unfriendly to the environment.
We have been testing and distributing Soanar ultrasonic antifouling systems over the last two years with considerable success.
Units have been distributed and installed in boats of different hull materials, throughout the USA and Canada and the feedback from our customers has been very encouraging, with useful comments and meaningful testimonials.
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