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Remote Knowledge Houston Announces the rk3000 Monitoring and Tracking System Assisting Captain Bissell on The Voyage of Hope Around the World Sailing

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Les Bissell
is a man on a mission – he calls it a “Voyage of Hope” – and thanks to
21st century technology, we can all follow along with him.In early
spring this year, avid sailor and athlete Bissell set sail in his
28-foot sloop, Hope, from Annapolis, Maryland, on a three-year voyage
around the world. This is not one of those “just because I can” or “get
away from it all” adventures. It’s more of a “because I still can”
celebration. Bissell, who at age 37 suffered a sudden, severe stroke in
January 2002, is sailing the globe to heighten awareness about strokes
– the signs, symptoms and recovery – and to give courage to all current
and future stroke victims. Having won the hard fight to recover, he is
partnering with National Stroke Association (NSA) to spread the message
of hope.Now Bissell is out there on the ocean, accompanied only by and
an amazing global tracking and communications system donated by
Houston-based Remote Knowledge, Inc.The rk3000 marine telematics device
installed on the Hope by Remote Knowledge keeps the sailors in touch
with their land-based team around the clock and around the world
through the Iridium satellite network and SiRF GPS technology,
delivering a seamless global communications platform.

The
rk3000, while offering continuous monitoring and reporting of Hope’s
activity, also provides location-based services such as two-way text
messaging, allowing Bissell to communicate the instant he requires
assistance. “The safety and peace of mind provided to Les Bissell by
these combined technologies are truly extraordinary. National Stroke
Association is also excited about the possibility that these
communications systems can help Les and NSA increase the awareness
about stroke around the world,” said James Baranski, CEO of NSA.Bissell
and NSA share the same goal with the “Voyage of Hope”: They want to
attract media attention to raise awareness and reduce the incidence of
stroke. According to NSA (www.stroke.org),
nearly 80 percent of strokes are preventable, one-third occur in
persons under age 65, and stroke is the third largest killer in the
USA.Because of Remote Knowledge’s rk3000, the person who reads about
the voyage in a newspaper or magazine or sees the story on television
can follow up by going online to www.voyageofhope.org,
reading about Bissell, tracking the trip, and learning about
strokesUpdate on Voyage of Hope, February, 2005Hope Captain Les Bissell
reports via e-mail that he is in New Zealand, visiting a friend, taking
a break from the sea. He is at the Bay of Islands, near the town of
Opua, New Zealand.

Next stop: Tonga, then Fiji, Vanuatu, New
Caledonia, Australia, and on to various stops in the Indian Ocean,
around the tip of Africa into the South Atlantic and interesting ports
of call, heading north until Hope reaches home, Annapolis, Maryland, in
about two y....[MORE]