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Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 13-05-2012, 04:29
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

+1 for a practical perspective on the discussion and a great summation. I have seen too many "stupid" or just plain naive folks taking to the cruising life. Many in boats I wouldn't take out of...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 31-05-2011, 05:54
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

100% with boatman61 - It is a slippery slope that has again and again been slid down from Liberty to "own your life" to subservience to some governmental committee who "knows better" how you should...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 29-05-2011, 08:50
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

And of course that is your own considered "opinion" and valid within your own experience and observations - - Other people have different opinions and they are just as valid within their experiences...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 29-05-2011, 08:39
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

That is what I have been trying to get at - This thread's original discussion is about for those who DO have EPIRBS and Liferafts - do they save lives?
- - It has since branched - as almost all the...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 28-05-2011, 19:38
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

You are making an assumption that is rarely valid - That sailors wear a PFD all the time when sailing. That is rarely the case. The PFD's are tucked away in a locker and the sailor rarely has...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 23-05-2011, 15:09
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

The caption on the photo has them 22 miles NW of West End or just north of Memory Rock. Charts show that area with from 1 fathom to 4 fathoms of water. Which fits with the statement at the end of the...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 27-04-2011, 06:58
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

You gotta love folks who shout - where is the statistical evidence . . . Simply put except for insured boats it does not exist. The database that does exist is collected by the insurance companies...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 26-04-2011, 07:24
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts ever Save Lives ?

I would have to agree with estarzinger that without a "total" package/awareness and preparation for problems/disasters at sea the Life rafts, etc. is not a valid substitution. Remember the rule of...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 26-04-2011, 02:58
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts ever Save Lives ?

I did not respond as such a idea is both downright silly and has no correlation to cruising boats. Modern fighters, etc. are deliberately designed dynamically unstable to get the maximum maneuvering...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 21-04-2011, 21:29
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts ever Save Lives ?

Very similar to the problem with the use of GPS and chart plotters by inexperienced boaters instead of learning how to properly navigate.
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 09-04-2011, 15:10
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts ever Save Lives ?

That is a very pertinent and valid concern. From an old statistic it was noted that 10 boats burn to the waterline for every one boat that sinks from any other reason. Of course, that was back when...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 09-04-2011, 05:54
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts ever Save Lives ?

I see a consensus that saving/fixing the ship is the first priority and then the liferaft/epirb are for use when you end up having to "step up" into the liferaft.
- - I contend that...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 03-04-2011, 19:32
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts ever Save Lives ?

Trite, heck - it is good advice. And additionally - you invest thousands in a liferaft and mount it on your vessel. There it stays for years and years cooking in the sun. There are requirements to...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 02-04-2011, 12:16
Replies: 604
Views: 68,315
Posted By osirissail
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts ever Save Lives ?

IMHO liferafts and EPIBS are crutches used to make up for unprepared and unskilled people attempting to cruise in boats they know little or nothing about. These people take to the seas in their new...
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