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From: Kirk Olsen <kork4_at_cluemail.com>
subject: [Paddlewise] Fwd: [surfski] U.S.C.G. and EPIRBs
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:29:49 -0500
fyi.

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:52:02 -0000, "ice_fpt"
said:
> The Coast Guard reminds all boaters that beginning January 1, 2007, 
> both 121.5 and 243 MHz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons 
> (EPIRBs) are prohibited from use in both commercial and recreational 
> watercraft.  Boaters wishing to have an emergency rescue beacon aboard 
> their vessel must have a digital 406 MHz model. 
> 
> http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/786/139352/

-- 
  Kirk Olsen
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