The DAME Design Award celebrates everything that is important about marine equipment design, from aesthetics to functionality, integration to packaging and price efficiency to lifecycle management.
With judging held during the world’s largest trade exhibition for the international leisure marine industry, METSTRADE 2022, currently on in Amsterdam, winning the DAME is a big deal.
The standout DAME Design Award 2022 winner showcases best practices in design improvement. Jury Chair Andre Hoek presented the world-renowned DAME Design Award 2022 to the Ocean Signal RescueME PLB3 AIS Personal Locator Beacon at this morning’s METSTRADE Breakfast Briefing. Six products took Category wins, 13 more received Special Mentions and the Jury named its first Environmental Design Award.
The headline news of the compact PLB3 is its combination of an AIS man overboard device and GPS with a Cospas-Sarsat personal locator beacon, Galileo Return Link Service and incorporation of visible and infrared signal lights.
In a rescue situation speed is always of the essence and this unit provides the very best chance for survival through this blend of long- and short-range detection technologies. The design detail goes even further though, in accompanying features like the well-illustrated instruction manual and in a Near Field Communication app that enables you to test the PLB3 using your mobile telephone.
In reaching its decision, the Jury recognized that the harnessing of multiple technologies in such a small unit, attention to design in every detail and Ocean Signal’s determination to make already good products into better ones to maximize the chance of saving lives made the RescueME PLB3 AIS Personal Locator Beacon its standout DAME Design Award 2022 winner.
The DAME Jury 2022 can be viewed at www.metstrade.com/awards/dame-jury and the DAME Jury report can be viewed at www.metstrade.com/awards/dame-winner
DAME DESIGN AWARD 2O22 Overall Winner
Ocean Signal RescueME PLB3 AIS Personal Locator Beacon by Ocean Signal
Stand 03.438
CATEGORY WINNERS
Marine Electronics and Marine Related Software
YachtSense Link 4G Marine Router by Raymarine
Stand 01.111
Interior Equipment, Furnishing, Materials and Electrical Fittings used in Cabins
In accordance with the rules of the competition, the Jury did not award a winner in the Interior Equipment, Furnishing, Materials and Electrical Fittings used in Cabins category this year after carefully considering the standards presented against the level of other categories.
Marina Equipment, Boatyard Equipment and Boat Construction Tools and Materials
MarineShift360 Lifecycle Assessment Tool by Marineshift360
Stand 12.901
Deck Equipment, Sails and Rigging
Arya by Amare
Stand 03.445
Clothing and Crew Accessories
Aquafleece Robe by Rooster Sailing
Stand 05.508
Lifesaving and Safety Equipment
Ocean Signal RescueME PLB3 AIS Personal Locator Beacon by Ocean Signal
Stand 03.438
Machinery, Propulsion, Mechanical and Electrical Systems and Fittings
Integrel….The Next Generation by Integrel Solutions
Stand 01.580
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AWARD WINNER
Essential by Aceleron
Stand 02.117
SPECIAL MENTIONS
Marine Electronics and Marine Related Software
IC-M510E (with AIS receiver) by Icom
Stand 01.151
MAX Mini by Sailmon
Stand 11.200
Interior Equipment, Furnishing, Materials and Electrical Fittings Used in Cabins
In accordance with the rules of the competition, the Jury did not award a Special Mention in the Clothing and Crew Accessories category this year after carefully considering the standard against other categories.
Marina Equipment, Boatyard Equipment and Boat Construction Tools and Materials
Aqua superPower marina fast charging system by Aqua superPower
Stand 05.517
Deck Equipment, Sails and Rigging
FXe 4500 Electric Code Sail furler by Facnor
Stand 05.441
Karver Sharing Center by Karver Systems
Stand 05.323
KJSK – Karver Jammer Staysail Kit by Karver Systems
Stand 05.323
Rollable Boat Hook by Seaview Progress
Stand 05.320
Clothing and Crew Accessories
X-Over Eco Cork by Forward WIP
Stand 12.420
Lifesaving and Safety Equipment
GlobalFix V5 AIS EPIRB by ACR Electronics
Stand 03.438
Regatta Safelock by Regatta and Aalesund Protective Wear
Stand 01.663
FURIO by SECUMAR
Stand 01.731
Machinery, Propulsion, Mechanical and Electrical Systems and Fittings
Seakeeper Ride by Seakeeper
Stand 10.613
ZF POD 4600 by ZF Group
Stand 01.161
