where to mount EPIRB?
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I could but im just worried that if I was broadsided by a wave or some other freak of nature happened and we rolled it would release and be stuck under in the cabin and thus not report out to the calvary. That seams to be a popular place for it but im a little paranoid. We had a worker at my company go missing a couple years ago on a really nice boat and his EPIRB was never activated and never seen again.
If something happens I want to be as confident as possible its going to be free.
If something happens I want to be as confident as possible its going to be free.
If your are inverted you are not going to be able to reach "UP" and detach it from the now underwater back stay. And the conditions would be bad if a wave inverted you so you are not going to swim down to get it and get entangled in the now de-masted boat rigging.
Better to put it down below in that abandon ship bag. If you need it and the boat is not going down (don't know why you would need it in that case) you can just get it out of the bag. if you do loose the boat and end up in the life raft you will have it too.
Better to put it down below in that abandon ship bag. If you need it and the boat is not going down (don't know why you would need it in that case) you can just get it out of the bag. if you do loose the boat and end up in the life raft you will have it too.
Im getting a hydrostatic unit that goes off once submerged.
I've been knocked down before in steap choppy waves and it had me standing my normally vertical cockpit lazzeret wondering if "this is it" and taught me a valuable lesson in how fast things can get ugly. In that case if I was hit by another stray wave and were to go over then I'd be lucky to get the tether off and to the surface. I doubt my boat would stay turtle the entire time and sink but at this point id want my EPIRB calling for help.
I dont know how heavy they are but added stress to the backstay from extra wind surface area and action of bouncing around a little more than normal is a concern.
Thanks for the quick response!
I've been knocked down before in steap choppy waves and it had me standing my normally vertical cockpit lazzeret wondering if "this is it" and taught me a valuable lesson in how fast things can get ugly. In that case if I was hit by another stray wave and were to go over then I'd be lucky to get the tether off and to the surface. I doubt my boat would stay turtle the entire time and sink but at this point id want my EPIRB calling for help.
I dont know how heavy they are but added stress to the backstay from extra wind surface area and action of bouncing around a little more than normal is a concern.
Thanks for the quick response!
If you mount it below you can always bring it on deck with you if the weather or ocean state is of concern. I don't think I would mount mine on deck.
You could also get a smaller Personal Beacon on your life jacket or in a pocket of your oilskins.
Some examples.
http://www.e-marineworld.com.au/store/Products_Results.php?Search=1&ProductCategoryID[]=58
You could also get a smaller Personal Beacon on your life jacket or in a pocket of your oilskins.
Some examples.
http://www.e-marineworld.com.au/store/Products_Results.php?Search=1&ProductCategoryID[]=58
Be sure to check that the hydro feature does not release the unit from the boat. It would make no sense to have it go off and then go down with the boat. course you would not want it floating away after inverting either so I'm not thinking this is much of a solution unless you attach it to the life raft and it auto activates upon putting the sucker in the water.
I wrestled with this question for some time and finally decided not to mount it. Instead, I keep it in the ditch bag ready to grab where it is stored on a shelf in the sail locker.
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