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From: Giff Hammar (no email)
Date: Tue Aug 08 2006 - 22:51:10 EDT
A harness and tether will do a better job of keeping you on the boat (and
they're less expensive) :-)
It depends upon what you are trying to protect against. The personal ones
only last eight hours or so (varies based on water temp), while the big ones
keep working for at least 48 hours in temps down to -40F/-40C - Cat II, I
believe. At least in the US, the big EPIRBs are registered to the vessel and
that info would be passed to the RCC. I'm not sure if the registration for
the personal EPIRB is different. If you're singlehanding far from shore, the
personal one may make sense as long as someone can get to you before there
is no power left in the unit.
We got the big GPIRB for the boat (much faster location) and spent money on
equipment to keep us on the boat. So far, that plan has been working.
Enjoy the sailing!
Giff
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Subject: lv-ab: EPIRB recommendations
Hi Liveaboards
Here's my first post after years of enjoyable lurking...
I've got a little 27 foot coastal sailing yacht and I'm trying to decide
what sort of EPIRB I should buy. I like the idea of a personal one like the
ACR Satellite 406MHz Manual EPIRB
(http://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?item=74538&search123=epirb
&intAbsolutePage=1) that I can attach to my life jacket since I've already
managed to fall overboard once. Or should I get a full size model like the
GME 406
(http://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?item=74522&search123=epirb
&intAbsolutePage=1)? These are on special for $400 Australian at the moment.
What do the experts think? Also, how important is a built in GPS because I
don't think that the little ACR has this?
Thanks a lot
Mark
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