
Sail magazine yesterday announced the winners of its annual Pittman Innovation Awards.
The program recognized products in the categories of safety, performance gear, cruising, electronics and systems. The awards are named in honor of former Sail products editor Freeman K. Pittman.
Principal editor Adam Cort judged performance gear category; Charles J. Doane judged the cruising category; Cort and Ben Ellison fielded entries in the safety category; Ellison judged the electronics category; and Jay Paris judged entries in the systems category.
(Sail and Soundings Trade Only are part of Active Interest Media’s Marine Group.)
The winners:
PERFORMANCE GEAR
• B&G Nemesis
• Vakaros Atlas 2 RaceSense
• Zhik OFS800 offshore jacket
CRUISING
• Scanstrut ROKK Wireless Nest and Catch
• Temo-450 Electric Outboard Wand
SAFETY
• ACR ResQLink View RLS PLB
• ICOM M94D Class-H VHF with AIS
• Sirius Signal C-1002
ELECTRONICS
• Balmar MC-618 regulator with SmartLink
• Digital Yacht NavAlert NMEA 2000 monitoring system
• Garmin Surround View docking cameras
SYSTEMS
• Mastervolt MLI ULTRA 12/1250
• Guardtex Kanvaslight
• RemigoOne electric outboard
Click here to read more about the award-winners.