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Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 10-11-2014, 18:08
Replies: 604
Views: 68,314
Posted By Mike OReilly
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

Mark, you have completely misunderstood my point. If there is a "cowboy mentality" being presented here, it is from those who fail to understand that stress produces, as JRM puts it well, a...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 09-11-2014, 19:21
Replies: 604
Views: 68,314
Posted By Mike OReilly
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

THIS is the point Evans and others (including me) have been trying to make through this thread. Regardless of whether YOU are some some super-human example of sailing stoicism, actual real evidence...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 22-09-2014, 15:08
Replies: 604
Views: 68,314
Posted By Mike OReilly
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

Mark, it is exactly this kind of data that has led me to question the efficacy of liferafts. I have no such qualms about EPIRBs. Clearly they work well at a modest cost. But I seriously question the...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 22-09-2014, 07:29
Replies: 604
Views: 68,314
Posted By Mike OReilly
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

I was also trying to be dismissive of this aspect Dave. But it is important to realize that the safety equipment industry is driven as much by fear as by reasoned need. I'm not saying cruising...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 22-09-2014, 06:00
Replies: 604
Views: 68,314
Posted By Mike OReilly
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

I'm not sure if your question was aimed at me Monte, but the answer is yes. If I became convinced of that liferafts are highly effective (in real world scenarios), then the cost/benefit analysis...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 22-09-2014, 05:44
Replies: 604
Views: 68,314
Posted By Mike OReilly
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

I don't understand the vehemence you seem to bring to this discussion Dave. There are good rational reasons to go without a liferaft. There is enough data to question the efficacy of these tools, and...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 21-09-2014, 13:04
Replies: 604
Views: 68,314
Posted By Mike OReilly
Re: How Many EPIRBS and Liferafts Ever Save Lives ?

I've considered the efficacy and cost/benefit of liferafts and EPIRBs. While it's hard to argue against the latter, the former is clearly open to question. Unless you are in a situation where...
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