When a 34–foot Contender equipped with the Nav–Tracker 2.0 wireless tracking system was stolen in the Bahamas, it didn't take long for the Coast Guard to find it.

A transmitter aboard the vessel helped the Coast Guard track down exactly where the boat was. The Nav–Tracker 2.0, from Paradox Marine, can be mounted discreetly on any boat and creates a wireless 'fence' with a 500–meter range.

If a boat is moved outside of this fence, Nav–Tracker 2.0 uses Inmarsat based GPS satellite technology to monitor a boat's location and notify up to four people by email and/or text message every 15 minutes with the latitude/longitude, speed, heading and distance to the closest city.

The International Association of Marine Investigators estimates that 27,000 boats are stolen annually, with odds of recovery only about 1 in 10.

For more information about Nav–Tracker 2.0 and other Paradox Marine boat security, monitoring and tracking products, visit the company's Web site or call or call 954–565–9898.