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Probably valid point on most boats sinking at dock... however...
In Response To: For my coastal sailing, the dinghy is the life boat. 
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() a dockside rescue is not a big issue either. It is the sinking that you have to swim away from that is the issue... like the guy in the boat hit by the whale.
Fire of course is a different situation.
Messages In This Thread
- Article on whale collision
- They reported that he was prepared,,,, NOT!
- Liferafts
- That's why I 'self certify' my life raft
- Rafts
- I wonder... is there any way to emergency inflate a regular raft?
- Yes and No
- understand the issues of high pressure... wonder about 12v available in crisis.
- It's a 12V connection w/ some amps
- speaking of EPIRB... how many here have one?
- I do
- A personal EPRIB is getting relatively less expensive
- Absolutely.
- I use an ACR PLB for local and daysailing.
- In answer...we have a main EPIRB (which I just had to replace because they don't make replacement batteries for it)
- For my coastal sailing, the dinghy is the life boat.
- +1 on the HH VHF, better than PLB for coastal
- Probably valid point on most boats sinking at dock... however...
- speaking of EPIRB... how many here have one?
- Like a scared man with a bucket.
- It's a 12V connection w/ some amps
- understand the issues of high pressure... wonder about 12v available in crisis.
- Yes and No
- Right, self certifying isn't an easy process.
- I wonder... is there any way to emergency inflate a regular raft?
- Liferafts
- They reported that he was prepared,,,, NOT!
