While AIS technology has revolutionised one's ability to locate and identify most vessels that could be of danger, the interpretation of the technology into a simple solution, JUST FOR SAILORS, was left, by default, to two off-shore sailors Jeff Robbins and Deirdre Schleigh.

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A number of other boats in the Tonga fleet, four to be precise, have the transceiver model that allows them to send their position as well as recieve.