Sorry for hijacking this tread but I'm wondering how useful an EPIRB really is to say a solo paddler in a remote area, at sea and in trouble with offshore high winds. The example I'm thinking of is the paddler who was trying to make it back to his camp on south Brooks late in the afternoon and apparently got caught in a strong head wind and could not make it back to shore. Could an EPIRB have saved the guy? Can a rescue chopper or boat locate the source of an EPIRB signal in a storm on the open sea before it's too late? -mike > mike dziobak wrote: > >> At the risk of stirring up the old risk assessment hornets nest again >> the >> above statement got me thinking of that fellow who disappeared off the >> Brooks this past summer. > > Solo? You need to up your safety margin if you travel solo and an EPIRB > is more > important. In a group of competent paddlers, an EPIRB is less important > since > you can help each other. Your life, your money, your choice :-) > > Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Nov 19 2006 - 18:00:31 PST
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