Raymarine announced the kick off of their 2008 Mobile Showroom tour. The company's two mobile showrooms, the Ray-3 and Ray-4, will be traveling to events throughout the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and the West Coast, hitting boating hotspots from California to New Jersey.
Staffed by licensed captains and product experts, the "traveling boat shows" are equipped with Raymarine's award-winning products, providing boaters from around the country a chance to interact first-hand with Raymarine's extensive product line.
Showroom captains Ian Hines and Matthew Stein are both back for another fun season on the road. Hines will drive the Ray-4 cross-country and launch an unprecedented West Coast tour for Raymarine, traveling along the Pacific through California, Oregon and Washington state.
The Ray-4 will make stops at West Coast locations through May, June and July before heading to the Southeast to appear at a number of upcoming events, including the AT and T Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament and Festival in Jacksonville, FL and the FLW Kingfish Tour in Venice, LA.
Meanwhile, Stein, commanding the Ray-3, will continue proceeding around the Great Lakes with stops at the 2008 Bay Harbor Boat Show and the Beneteau First 36.7 Great Lakes Championship.
The Ray-3 will move from the Great Lakes to showcase Raymarine's wares at several events in the Mid-Atlantic region, including the Tri-State Canyon Shootout in Block Island, RI and the Mid-Atlantic $500,000 in Cape May, NJ.
"Our mobile showrooms offer every boating and fishing fan a chance to check out the most cutting-edge equipment and technology in today's market," said Todd Hoskins, executive vice president of Marketing at Raymarine.
"The Ray-3 and Ray-4 give customers the opportunity to not only test out the new products, but also interact one-on-one with product experts who can answer questions about the customer's new or current Raymarine products."
Each 32-foot-long showroom trailer is fully loaded with Raymarine's complete line of A-Series products, C-Series and E-Series Multifunction displays as well as HD Digital fishfinders and radar, autopilots, and wireless remote technology.
Each trailer also features Raymarine's newest line, G- series, the premier navigation system that combines ultra bright displays, remote keyboards and powerful processors with network sensors for radar, fishfinder, GPS, weather and video.
The Ray-3 and Ray-4, which are self contained with their own air conditioning and power supplies, also feature High Definition satellite TV and an indoor helm for the true interactive experience.
