Beverly Hills company claims new device discourages low-life from living on boats. (Cricket Marine Electronics Inc.'s Cricket product prevents barnacles from attaching to hulls) (product announcement)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: May 21, 1990| Author: Blackman, Peter F. | Copyright information

Beverly Hills company claims new device discourages low-life from living on boats

Barnacles, the bane of seafarers for centuries, are the target of a new start-up company, Cricket Marine Electronics Inc. in Beverly Hills.

The product, called a Cricket, electronically creates a faint resonance on the hull of the boat which discourages barnacles and other sea life.

The market for anti-fouling paint and devices is worth at least $1 billion, said Richard...

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