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Anderson: Inventors offer array of gadgets worthy of look
Article by: DENNIS ANDERSON
Star Tribune
January 20, 2012 - 6:24 AM
Innovation buffs can be easily entertained at the Minneapolis Boat
Show, which continues through Sunday at the Convention Center.
Some examples:
• Tucked into a booth against the show's back wall is Raihan
Ahmed, whose business card describes him as "director" of Rynkel
Marine of Huntley, Ill., near Chicago. Translated, he's the owner, and one of a
handful of cool products he's peddling at the show is the
"Fastfender," which allows boat owners to easily attach and adjust
fenders to rails or cleats. Difficult to describe but easy to use, the
Fastfender stays permanently attached to a fender line (and fender), and
adjusts to allow the fender to hang at any distance from it. Quickly and
easily, the Fastfender can be attached to a rail or cleat, allowing for boat
protection regardless of dock height. "If a marine product doesn't make
customers go, 'Wow,' I won't carry it, and the Fastfender is a 'wow'
product," Ahmed said. Price (depending on size): $34 to $45. More at www.rynkel.com
• Another of Ahmed's gadgets is equally inventive. It's a key fob,
or (in appearance) ornament. Attach it to your keys, cellphone, camera or
anything of value, and if the item falls overboard, water reacts with a
chemical in the fob, inflating a balloon, allowing for recovery. The fob also
emits a flashing orange beacon that can be seen at more than 800 feet. Price:
$12.
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Sail World selects Fastfender as 'Product of the Week'
There are two difficulties about getting fenders ready in a
hurry:
First, they take so long to tie them to the guard rail.
Second, Murphy's law says that the level will be wrong and you'll
have to retie them at the very last minute, or risk scratching your nice shiny
hull on the dock ...that is, until Fast Fender came along...
My Boats Gear Review
A fender hanger is for people that have knot-tying issues. Well
actually that aside there are many fender hanging products on the market, many
of them are maybe harder to figure out than a knot. This new European fender
gadget is actually quite simple.
Read the detail by visiting the following link on www.myboatsgear.com
Great Lakes Scuttle Butt Magazine
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link to watch a Youtube video on demo of our great product fastfender www.youtube.com