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.