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ACR OLAS OVERBOARD TRACKING

CR Electronics’ Overboard Location Alert System (OLAS) technology works by creating a “virtual tether” between an OLAS wearable transmitter and any properly configured phone or tablet. ACR transmitters include the “Float-On” wearable strobe and wristwatch-like “Tag.” In an MOB situation, within eight seconds of the “tether” breaking, the ACR app on the mobile phone or tablet sounds an alarm and records the latitude and longitude

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