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Sailboat race July 2025

5 jours du Léman

The 5 Days of Lake Leman yacht race takes place every year, with more than 20 boats constantly circling the lake. Ocean Tracking beacons, using GPRS or Iridium, in the white zones allow for continuous tracking of the boats and counting of laps completed for ranking purposes.

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The service

Ocean Tracking is the official supplier of tracking beacons for the 5-day Lake Leman race

Study of needs and proposal of a tracking and mapping solution for the 5 Nights of Lake Leman race

Type of beacons chosen: the SK50 which connects on this race mainly in 2G/4G with a frequency of 2 seconds
and via Iridium satellites on the white areas of the lake.

24/7 Support

Installation and testing

  • Beacon delivery provided by Ocean Tracking
  • Presence of a company engineer for 2 days on site
  • Distribution and fixing of beacons on the boats by the organizer
  • Race initialization by Ocean Tracking technicians
  • Geolocation and transmission every 10 minutes between the buoys and 2 seconds at 5 miles around the marks to be turned
  • Implementation of the system for counting the number of laps completed

The specificities

The classification is made by counting the number of laps and the first to finish the race is the one who has counted

the most laps within the allotted time. Ocean Tracking has implemented a specific computer application to count the number of laps completed.

Mapping: Ocean Tracking

Automatic arrivals check-in.



 

See the official website