VIDEAR: Making the Invisible… Visible

THE PROBLEM

Every day, thousands of kayakers, paddleboarders, paramotor pilots, and small vessel operators enter UK coastal waters carrying nothing but a smartphone.

To the RNLI crews sworn to protect them, they are invisible. No AIS signal. No float plan. No electronic trace. When something goes wrong, the search begins from the last place someone saw them - not from verified, real-time position data.

This is not a technology failure. It is an infrastructure gap. And it costs lives.

HOW IT WORKS

CPAS - the Common Position Awareness System - turns the smartphone already in a coastal user's pocket into a verified, real-time safety presence on RNLI operational screens.

No hardware. No transponders. No infrastructure cost. No barrier to adoption.

CPAS combines live AIS commercial traffic with mobile GPS position data from coastal users - rendered in a navigable 3D Digital Twin that shows every vessel, kayaker, and pilot in the same shared display, in real time.

Where traditional tracking shows a flat map, VIDEAR shows a living volume. A kayaker at sea level. A paramotor at 300 feet. A ferry entering the harbour mouth. All visible. All in one place.

Protected by UK Patent GB2629638B.

WHY NOW

On 31 December 2025, RYA SafeTrx - the UK's only government-endorsed coastal tracking platform - closed permanently. Over 13,000 registered users lost their safety net overnight. Thousands remain without a viable replacement today.

No current alternative integrates with RNLI operational systems. None make coastal users visible to commercial shipping traffic.

VIDEAR is the only platform built to close this gap - and the window to act is open right now.

JOIN OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY

We are conducting a structured feasibility study across the Newhaven to Shoreham corridor - 14km of the UK's most diverse coastal traffic, spanning three active RNLI stations, two commercial ports, a working marina, and open cliff coastline and busy beaches.

We are looking for sailors, paramotor pilots, kayakers, SUP boarders, and small vessel operators to join our pilot cohort.

Register your interest now. Pilot cohort members receive free access for the full duration of the study.

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FOR ORGANISATIONS

Are you a coastal club, port authority, rescue service, or maritime organisation?

We want to hear from you.

email: contact@videar.tech