The pager sits under all the other windows on your desktop, or hides in your toolbar until a boat goes on a shout, at which point you are alerted with a ping.
The pager tracks the last twelve shouts, and at the time when yours truly discovered this new novelty item, Crosshaven lifeboat had had a busy day, called out in winds gusting to 32 knots (according to Marine.ie )at 11.30pm on Monday night, having responded to a call seven hours earlier in even worse conditions.
Click here to download the pager.