On Dec 4, 2004, at 7:26 AM, John Winters wrote: > > As for myself, I refuse and always have refused to take cell phones, > EPIRBs or any other device for calling for rescue. For the purposes of debate. If there is a good chance that a search will be mounted without your consent, is it a responsible act to have tools that will make that search easier. For example, if you tell your wife you will be back in 7 days and after 10 days she calls the authorities, you now have a search whether you wanted one or not. Not knowing your relationship with your wife, I apologize if this scenario is impossible. But is it better to have equipment that will make the search easier, if there is going to be a search anyways? I occasionally carry a VHF, but the only time I've used it is to call in the sighting of a distress flare. A sailboat had drifted into a tide rip and was feeling scared. Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Dec 06 2004 - 05:40:02 PST
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