Re: [Paddlewise] Sean Morley's Vancouver Island Circumnavigation and SPOT

Sean's held up in Ucluelet right now - 15 foot waves and 40 knot gusts. Glad 
he got to see VI's coast in the rough lest he think it was a cake walk. 
Couldn't get onto the SPOT website for him the other day - don't know what 
all that was about. Ah for the old days - you either showed up home alive at 
the end of the trip or, well, you didn't.

Doug Lloyd


> Sean Morley is trying to break the record for circumnavigating Vancouver
> Island. His SPOT shared page can be found at http://tinyurl.com/4ovyl8
>
>
>
> Also, Dave Kruger is correct. The email function of the SPOT is different
> than the 911 function. You don't have to email your family and friends and
> hope they call the rescue in for you. That is why the system uses the GEOS
> satellite and tracking system.
>
>
>
> Email is great for letting your family and friends know where you are. 
> What
> most people don't realize is that this is just an ADDITIONAL feature that
> other systems don't have.
>
>
>
> And just because an OK message doesn't go through, doesn't mean the system
> is worthless. How many times do you get out of cell phone and VHF range?
> Those devices are still carried for those times that they do work - and
> should be.
>
>
>
> I'm not associated with SPOT in any way, just a satisfied owner for almost 
> a
> year now. Is it perfect ---no, but it does give me just one more back-up 
> for
> when I'm up the proverbial estuary without the proper method of 
> locomotion,
> and as a result I'm a little safer with it.
>
>
>
> Is it worth the cost for you to have one? That's a decision you as an
> individual get to make. I would first invest in a GOOD VHF, and then get a
> SPOT if I paddled in it's coverage area.
>
>
>
> Steve Holtzman
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