Five years ago Kelvin Hughes recognised the necessity for a specialist Super Yacht section to assist bridge teams in the selection and supply of a wide range of navigation and compliance products. From plotting instruments to electronic charting, our experienced team will be happy to discuss your requirements and recommend solutions.

Kelvin Hughes is fully immersed in the Super Yacht Industry. We regularly attend shows, travel to yards and visit vessels to ensure service quality and most importantly to maintain personal contact. Kelvin Hughes offers continuity of contact through dedicated team members dealing personally with your requirements.

Kelvin Hughes offers a first class knowledge base. The team comprises qualified navigators and experienced outfit managers, combined with a world class warehouse system, enabling us to fully support your navigational requirements in context with your operational and cruising itinerary. Our aim is to make complex issues such as compliance simple through correct product selection and quality of service.

Outfit Management & New Editions, Correction & Storage

Outfit Management Service [OMS] provides the navigator with new editions of charting and publications for the vessels active outfit as they become available. The supply can be either automatic or ‘on demand’ depending on the cruising patterns of the yacht. The system fulfils the requirements of I.S.M.

A team of chart correctors is available to examine, correct and stamp your existing charting, working to the exacting standards set down by the UKHO and further endorsed by CNITA. Our chart storage facility provides a valuable free service to clients who have charting for areas they are no longer cruising. 2-3 weeks prior to requiring the folios back aboard, we take the charts and correct or replace them as necessary.

Paper Publications

Over 20,000 publications available from stock with every major publisher represented. We provide navigational, technical, legal and nautical information including publications required by the IMO and flag state. Looseleaf Radio Signals and Lists of Lights is a unique part of our service offering, and probably one of the most valuable in terms of time savings, in combination with the provision of collated updates for the volumes.

A complete range of leisure pilots from Imray and others - perfect for illustrating to owners and guests possible destinations as well as being invaluable to the navigation team at sea. Guest library – We are able supply you with a comprehensive selection of reading for your guests from our huge collection of titles. Training Aids – Flip cards, RYA training materials and DVD’s for crew development.

Digital Solutions

Worldwide electronic charting and updates for every major supplier- UKHO, ARC’s ENC’s, AVCS, C-Map, Primar and Transas. Regs4Yachts - Offers a digital, approved equivalence to paper publications, meeting flag and IMO requirements. Available on CD-rom and via the web and is continually updated. At the click of a
button the navigation team have access to a fully searchable database of large yacht documents, fully recognised by UK, IOM, Cayman, Marshall Islands and other flag states.

NDMS - An e-mailed, outfit–specific service, delivering notices and tracings direct to the bridge. The onboard software provides correction lists and maintains a log of all correction activities to assist with ISM audits. ChartCo - Delivery of chart and publication updates, Primar ENC updates, ARC’s and ADP updates, global weather data and additional add-in options. Transmitted either through Inmarsat or via the internet. Electronic tender charting - For situations when tenders are operating out of line of sight of the yacht. All popular formats available: C-Map, Navionics and Garmin.

Navigational Supplies

Plotting Instruments - A wide range of quality instruments from trusted brands such as Weems & Plath, Blundel Harling - parallel and rolling rules, plotters, dividers, pencils and correcting supplies. Sextants - An extensive range from Astra, Freiberger and Davis, to suit all requirements. Binoculars - Weems & Plath, Steiner marine Binoculars. Handheld night vision units available. Flags - Hand crafted in the United Kingdom to exacting standards, we provide a full range of Ensigns, Courtesy Flags, Code Flags and Bespoke Flags.

SharpEye™

The world's first Type Approved solid-state radar transceiver, SharpEye™ is a radical and innovative departure from current marine navigation radar practice in that it is a monostatic pulse radar which uses the Doppler effect to determine target velocities and aid detection.

It provides:

• Superior performance using pulse compression and Doppler extraction.
• No 'lifed' Items requiring routine replacement.
• High reliability - no high voltage components within the modulator.
• Type Approval to the latest (2008) IMO regulations.
• Both X and S Band and military variants.

SharpEye™ technology and innovation provides all sectors of the marine market with performance and reliability hitherto only available in multi-million dollar military systems. For more information on SharpEye™ technology visit www.sharpeye.biz.

Integrated Bridge Systems

Kelvin Hughes offers a range of bespoke bridge systems available for all sizes and types of vessel, designed to meet a variety of Class and Flag State requirements.

Features the Kelvin Hughes IBS include:

• A dedicated IBS team providing design, drawing approval, installation, integration and commissioning worldwide.
• The complete package covering Radar, ECDIS, communications, gyros, autopilots, engine controls, steering controls, voyage data recorders, CCTV and more.
• The revolutionary Type Approved SharpEye™ solid-state Radar with enhanced performance and reliability.
• Unique low profile Radar antennas with less drag and lower power requirements.
• The MantaDigital™ range of widescreen displays providing the first Type Approved widescreen Chart Radar and the patented dual PPI Radar presentation.
• Type Approved ECDIS meeting the navigation need of all types of vessel and now using the latest vector chart service (AVCS) from the UK Hydrographic Office.

Contact Details

Terry Smallwood - terry.smallwood@kelvinhughes.co.uk
Jemma Harris - jemma.harris@kelvinhughes.co.uk
Martin Amy - martin.amy@kelvinhughes.co.uk
Tony Wade - tony.wade@kelvinhughes.co.uk

Kelvin Hughes Ltd
Kilgraston House, Southampton Street,
Southampton, SO15 2ED
(t) +44 (0)2380 333051
(f) +44 (0)2380 330014