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M A D E I N C A N A DA Acuva Technologies Safe Water Made Simple BY GLEN CAIRNS Quality on-board drinking water has been an elusive and difficult task to achieve for boat owners around the world. Current solutions range from cumbersome flats of bottled water, to power hungry purification systems that take up scarce power and valuable space. Ask any group of boaters what they think of their onboard freshwater quality and many of them will suggest not using it for drinking purposes. Vancouver-born Acuva Technologies is leveraging innovative research from the University of British Columbia to develop a novel ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV-LED) water purification system that runs on a small battery, produces high quality purified water (the company claims 99.99% inactivation of microorganisms) and is effectively maintenance free. This novel system may well change the way water is purified on boats. "We've spoken to numerous boat owners and almost every single one of them were dissatisfied with their onboard drinking water," said Acuva CEO, Manoj Singh. "We have designed, built, and successfully tested a new generation of water purifiers to provide boat owners with on-demand drinking water on-board using UV-LED based system." Acuva's product Arrow Premium is designed to eliminate the hardest to kill microbes by directing a lethal dose of UV radiation to water with unknown purity levels and collected from risky sources. Arrow Essential is designed to purify water already stored and filtered, reassuring microbe free levels by eliminating possible contaminations inside the storage tank and supply line. The UV-LED operated Acuva reactor is based on one of the best possible water purification systems, and is designed to maximize disinfection and maintain a compact, low-power product. The UV-LED technology inactivates harmful microbes at the point-of-use, eliminating the need for chemical disinfections, often-ineffective filtration systems, or bulky UV lamp reactors. Further, the innovative use of LEDs eliminates the high maintenance time and cost which often plague typical purification systems. With their product launch scheduled for the Vancouver Boat Show on January 2016, Acuva is reaching out to boat owners and manufacturers to let them know about their innovative UV purification system. For more information visit www.acuvatech.com Seaweed Marine Products BY GLEN CAIRNS Rudy Zander, owner of Anchor Welding lnc., located in Cambridge, Ontario, has been in operation since 1982. ln 2005, he incorporated Seaweed® Marine and a new product called Tend'r Rollers®, a marine roll on davit system. The company holds two patents, one Canadian and one U. S. Other boaters saw the Tend'r Roller® system and wanted one for themselves and so he went into production. Today the Seaweed® Marine product, Tend'r Rollers® are available in three sizes: Standard Light for up to 475 Ibs., Standard Heavy for up to 750 Ibs., and Super Heavy which can handle dinghies and PWC's up to 1200 Ibs. The company also offers extended systems for boats with narrow swim platforms. Their systems are manual hand winch or wireless remote. 26 Boating Industry Canada DECEMBER 2015 http://www.acuvatech.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Boating Industry Canada December 2015

Insight
Industry News
Ad Nauseam
Impact - Mark Mattson: Meet the man behind the mission to keep Canada’s waters clean, from coast to coast to coast. – by Elizabeth Kerr
Feature - Legend Boats CRM: Jamie Dewar details for us how the use of a customer relationship management (CRM) tool at Legend Boats has elevated their already top notch customer service and sales efforts to the next level. – by Jamie Dewar
Made In Canada - Waubaushene Pump and Welding: Andy visits Waubaushene Pump and Welding and discovers how they have become a Canadian-made solution with an International reach for vacuum pumpout systems. – by Andy Adams
Made In Canada - Acuva Technologies: Making safe onboard drinking water commonplace. – by Glen Cairns
Made In Canada - Seaweed Marine: Seaweed Marine Products introduces us to their Tend'r Roller® system, a marine roll on davit system. – by Glen Cairns
ABYC - Ethanol and Biobutanol: Biobutanol as a substitute for ethanol in marine fuel is closer to becoming a reality than you might think. – by Jeff Wasil

Boating Industry Canada December 2015