Hello, my name is Rod Forrest and I am the Director of Sales and Marketing for Connecticut Electric, Inc., maker of the Aqua Lantern Solar Lighted Buoy. My family has spent their summers on a lake in Northern Indiana for almost 100 years. I have spent every summer of my life boating, skiing, knee boarding, wakeboarding, and enjoying all that the lake has to offer. Most of my fondest memories are of hot summer days and nights on the lake. To me being with friends and family on the lake in the summer time is special, and I feel blessed to have been able to experience this and pass it along to my children so that they may create their own fond memories.

It seems I am not alone in my fondness for the lake. Every year more and more families and friends come to experience the fun of the lake for themselves. Money is being spent on piers, docks, boats, PWC, floating swim platforms, and now floating trampolines. As a lake property owner we would like to protect all of these things from being damaged by the increasing boat traffic. We would like to provide a safe area for our children to swim day or night. This is why I have developed the Aqua Lantern Solar Lighted Buoy. The Aqua Lantern is a highly visible marker buoy by day that illuminates at night. It uses a solar generator to charge 4, 1.2v rechargeable batteries during daylight hours. Using a photocell, the Aqua Lantern turns on automatically when the sun sets and turns off when the sun rises.

Help your fellow boater navigate the lake safely at night by marking the idle zones in front of your property. Mark your boat dock and pier. Mark your swim platforms and floating trampolines. Marker buoys are currently being used that work well during the day but are almost impossible to see at night. The anchor line can get tangled in a prop or destroy it all together. If you have any experience with boats you know how expensive a new prop can be. Property Owners Associations, summer lake camps, and lake resorts can protect community boat slips, mark channels that connect two or more lakes, mark areas of the ecology or wetlands that need to be protected from boat traffic, mark low water areas that may have subsurface debris. As boaters we appreciate the help with navigating the lake at night.

Make the lake a safer place day or night and add a fun touch by lighting up the lake. Tell your neighbors and your friends to “light up the lake”. Don’t let your fun be interrupted by an accident that could result in damage or costly repairs to your personal property.

Thank you for visiting www.aqualantern.com. Have fun out there, be safe, and maybe I’ll see you on the lake.

Sincerely,

Rod R. Forrest, Director of Sales and Marketing
Connecticut Electric, Inc.