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• EPIRB question ... my ACR #406 battery is expired, why ...
  • GEPIRB/PLBs
    • Do they not make PLBs that automatically trigger when submerged?
    • The PLB is not registered to the boat, so CG is not notified
      • According to the USCG, Rescue21 is only effective in the areas shown.
      • That's correct Larry, forgot to mention that ...
        • Yup. And if the water is cold you'd better hope someone can respond to your VHF
          • What and "they" will be there in minutes if signaled by EPRIB?
            • Yessir! When we sail in Spring the water is very cold around here and I consider becoming MOB a death sentence.
          • I think that's stretching it a bit ...
            • I don't...as I read it MOB ain't boat sunk but we got the gear..it's one person in the water...
              • That's right. If you go overboard and the water's cold your chances diminish rapidly
                • that's why most matelots in the Andrew never learned to swim.
  • I recently thought about the same issue....
  • Now that we have this figured out, which PLB do you buy ...