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Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-07-2016, 06:07
Replies: 492
Views: 80,352
Posted By sailingfarmer
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

If I remember... EPIRBs were designed for blue water/trans-ocean usage hence the satellite connection.... VHF was fine for coastal use.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-07-2016, 05:34
Replies: 492
Views: 80,352
Posted By sailingfarmer
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Rustic...at best and I am sure you know... an EPIRB only lasts 24 to 48 hours with fully charged batteries. In the case of coastal cruising... A VHF can las just as long while not continuously...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-07-2016, 05:08
Replies: 492
Views: 80,352
Posted By sailingfarmer
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Rustic... my original point was... it is far more important while coastal cruising with 1000's of potential rescue boats within radio distance to have a VHF than an EPIRB.... for one thing it's...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-07-2016, 04:57
Replies: 492
Views: 80,352
Posted By sailingfarmer
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

I remember Steve Callahan's book on his survival in a rubber raft at sea... his one lament was... "if only I had a VHF to contact the passing ships that didn't see me."
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-07-2016, 04:54
Replies: 492
Views: 80,352
Posted By sailingfarmer
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

They must have used the EPIRB as a flotation devise because they didn't have life jackets on... Thanks EPIRB
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-07-2016, 04:39
Replies: 492
Views: 80,352
Posted By sailingfarmer
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Let's use your logic.... Boat gets rolled and immediately sinks.... EPIRB sends signal to satellite...sattelite sends signal to Coast Guard... Coast Guard gets coordinates where signal came from.. CG...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-07-2016, 02:04
Replies: 492
Views: 80,352
Posted By sailingfarmer
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Epirb?.... I think a VHF was all that was needed. Enough traffic in the area for someone to pick up a MAY DAY.... But it looks like it may have been too sudden and brutal for that inexperienced...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-06-2016, 15:43
Replies: 492
Views: 80,352
Posted By sailingfarmer
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Human Nature being what it is these days.... if someone gets killed by a meteorite today ,,... everyone will be walking around with pots on their heads tomorrow...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-06-2016, 09:40
Replies: 492
Views: 80,352
Posted By sailingfarmer
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

In the end.... men have gone down to the sea with ships for thousand's of years.... respect the ocean for even the best equipped and trained among us can lose their life on the sea
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-06-2016, 13:35
Replies: 492
Views: 80,352
Posted By sailingfarmer
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Yeah... it must have happened fast.... maybe a rogue wave rolled them before they knew what happened..... But why so far out to sea? 37 miles and they were sailing down the coast.... Pretty damned...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-06-2016, 08:53
Replies: 492
Views: 80,352
Posted By sailingfarmer
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Oh crap.... boat sinkings are not a thing of the past.... careful out there... a reminder that boating is a serious occupation.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-06-2016, 08:32
Replies: 492
Views: 80,352
Posted By sailingfarmer
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Type of boat? Maybe it would float if capsized...can't imagine him being too far offshore.... probably run ashore somewhere ?
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