MOB SAVER

While no electronic man-overboard solution is as safe as carrying a personal locator beacon and an AIS beacon, some boaters prefer less pocket heft. Weems & Plath’s CrewWatcher ($89) relies on a compact crewmember-carried beacon and an app that plays nicely with most smartphones and tablets. Should a crewmember fall overboard, the app detects that the beacon has skipped its geofence and triggers an alarm. The app then provides position information on where — and at what time — the MOB incident unfurled, as well as a virtual compass that helps rescuers find their mate. Weems & Plath, weems-plath.com