Product Manual

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SART Overview
The SART helps search and rescue services to quickly locate a life raft in the event of a rescue at
sea. The SART can either be stowed in a life raft, or mounted next to emergency exits and then
carried to the life raft in an emergency.
During an emergency, simply switch the SART on. When a vessel with marine X-band Radar
comes within 5 to 7 nautical miles of the life raft, the SART generates a distinctive “distress”
pattern on its Radar screen (See figure 1). The radar signal guides the rescuers directly to the
SART.
Distress
Pattern
SART
Location
Radar Screen
(Figure 1)