Näsijärvi Sailing Club

Näsijärvi Sailing Club is Finland’s most active yachting association and the country’s largest inland waterway club. Among its 900 members are racing and touring sailors at all levels from junior to veteran.

The Sailing Club has multiple bases all over Lake Näsijärvi, located up to 2 hours’ sail from each other. Many mechanical “skipper keys” were in circulation, which allowed club members to unlock and use these facilities. However, keyholder registers and many keys’ whereabouts were no longer up to date.

For a new, more efficient solution, the Sailing Club sought:

• A programmable digital key system to help them regain control over facilities’ security
• Wire-free locking devices suited to remote locations, with power provided by the user key
• Software which enables system management tasks to be completed from anywhere
• A system which makes it easy to remove access rights from any lost or missing keys
• Audit trail capabilities, so security administrators can check access logs if an issue arises

Solution

Näsijärvi Sailing Club chose ASSA ABLOY PULSE key-operated access control solution for securing their premises and managing access for club members. Authorized members now have an individual key which opens all their permitted PULSE locks at locations around the lake.

Secure facilities may be hours away by boat: PULSE allows member keys to be updated or disabled at any time using the cloud software, which saves wasted journeys. Incidents are easy to investigate by consulting key or lock audit trails: «In cases of vandalism, the access register can be used to check whose key has been used to visit the premises and when», says Karjalainen.

PULSE locks are ideally suited to an environment like Lake Näsijärvi, where access points are scattered. They generate all the electricity they need to power lock electronics from the key thrust. This innovative energy harvesting technology means neither cabling nor batteries are needed, which saves running and maintenance costs for the Sailing Club.

Another advantage for the club is that a PULSE system is so easy to manage. They administer it themselves, saving them additional management costs, too.