Gulfport,
Mississippi, USA - August 7 th, 2007 - Trinity Yachts,
LLC announced they have agreed to donate the fabrication
and installation of the structural foundation, including
the through-hull fittings, to allow SeaKeeper 1000TM
oceanographic and atmospheric monitoring systems to
be installed at no charge to all of their new builds.
As an owner of a new Trinity superyacht, one can now
elect to have an installation of the SeaKeeper 1000
systems installed with no additional alterations required
to the hull or superstructure.
According
to John Dane III, president, "As an Official
Yacht Partner of the International SeaKeepers Society,
we are excited to adapt all of our new builds to the
necessary requirements, encouraging and simplifying
future installations of the innovative SeaKeepers
system." Dane continued, "As the superyacht
industry expands around the world, our yachts are
sailing to many new and exotic destinations, so it
was a natural decision to continue our support of
this global marine environmental program."
The
SeaKeeper 1000 monitoring system takes precise oceanographic
(salinity, sea-surface temperature, pH) and meteorological
(air temperature, wind speed/direction, barometer)
measurements every minute, and then sends its collected
data automatically to the world via satellite. Unlike
other monitoring systems, the SeaKeeper 1000 is a
"plug and play" unit that offers scientists
the flexibility and cost-efficiency of interchangeable
sensors. Its automated, modular and packaged design
helped it to win the prestigious Tech Museum Intel
Award for "International Environmental Technology
Benefiting Humanity."
Since
its auspicious beginnings, the SeaKeeper 1000 system
has been recognized throughout the scientific community
for its unique ability to provide reliable and extremely
cost-effective data, including recognition from United
Nations Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
(IOC) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO),
who issue joint certificates of participation in the
Global Ocean Observing System to all SeaKeeper-equipped
vessels. The SeaKeeper 1000 is being tested and evaluated
by the prestigious Scripps Institution of Oceanography
for near-shore monitoring, and is currently being
used by NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries Program
and U.S. National Weather Service.
The
International SeaKeepers is a non-profit marine conservation
organization committed to helping scientists and global
research managers obtain the crucial data they need
to understand the causes and solutions to our declining
marine ecosystems. SeaKeepers was founded in 1998
by a small group of yacht owners whose initial mission
was to develop a compact, automated monitoring system
to install aboard their yachts, providing cost-effective
data to scientists on the health of the world's oceans.
The innovative SeaKeeper 1000 has subsequently been
deployed in more than 50 locations around the world,
including yachts, cruise ships, ferry boats, government
buoys and piers. For more information on the International
SeaKeepers Society or the SeaKeeper 1000, visit www.seakeepers.org.