Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration
This might be of interest to some of us. Apparently there are quite a few false alarms for EPIRB (and similar systems). there was an interesting blurb regarding this problem at Sail Feed: https://www.sailfeed.com/2018/04/its-406-epirb-day/?utm_source=sail-enewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=enewsletter_SAIL180410 Marek ___ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
Re: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration
Yep, my dad was in the Civil Air Patrol for many years and would be called out to look for crashed planes only to find the emitter sitting on a work bench behind some guy's house. Probably not the same EPIRB system, but same concept... Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List Date: 4/11/18 11:42 AM (GMT-06:00) To: C&C List Cc: Marek Dziedzic Subject: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration This might be of interest to some of us. Apparently there are quite a few false alarms for EPIRB (and similar systems). there was an interesting blurb regarding this problem at Sail Feed: https://www.sailfeed.com/2018/04/its-406-epirb-day/?utm_source=sail-enewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=enewsletter_SAIL180410 Marek ___ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
Re: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration
Reminds me of the time we were visiting the Etobicoke Yacht Club. We were getting ready to leave and we kept hearing this beep, beep and couldn’t figure out where it was coming from. Before we could get away some friends stopped by and we had a coffee. I ask them if they could hear that annoying beep. They could but they also could not determine where it was coming from. While we were enjoying our coffee the DO came knocking and asked if we new the coast guard was looking for us and apparently everyone on Lake Ontario as well. We didn’t. He informed us that our EPIRB had gone off . Upon investigation I found that the little pill that dissolves in water had deteriorated. I immediately pulled the battery, and hailed the coast guard tp call off the posse. What’s amazing is that I had never register the EPRIB when I bought Persuasion. The coast guard called the previous owner who gave them my name. So thank you Marek for bringing this to everyone’s attention. Conclusion; if you have an EPRIB or any other such devise and are not actively sailing SHUT IT OFF. Thanks Mike C&C 37 Shoal draft From: Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List Sent: April 11, 2018 12:43 PM To: C&C List Cc: Marek Dziedzic Subject: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration This might be of interest to some of us. Apparently there are quite a few false alarms for EPIRB (and similar systems). there was an interesting blurb regarding this problem at Sail Feed: https://www.sailfeed.com/2018/04/its-406-epirb-day/?utm_source=sail-enewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=enewsletter_SAIL180410 Marek ___ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
Re: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration
...and re-register it. David F. Risch Gulf Stream Associates, LLC (401) 419-4650 From: CnC-List on behalf of Mike via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 5:05 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Mike Subject: Re: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration Reminds me of the time we were visiting the Etobicoke Yacht Club. We were getting ready to leave and we kept hearing this beep, beep and couldn’t figure out where it was coming from. Before we could get away some friends stopped by and we had a coffee. I ask them if they could hear that annoying beep. They could but they also could not determine where it was coming from. While we were enjoying our coffee the DO came knocking and asked if we new the coast guard was looking for us and apparently everyone on Lake Ontario as well. We didn’t. He informed us that our EPIRB had gone off . Upon investigation I found that the little pill that dissolves in water had deteriorated. I immediately pulled the battery, and hailed the coast guard tp call off the posse. What’s amazing is that I had never register the EPRIB when I bought Persuasion. The coast guard called the previous owner who gave them my name. So thank you Marek for bringing this to everyone’s attention. Conclusion; if you have an EPRIB or any other such devise and are not actively sailing SHUT IT OFF. Thanks Mike C&C 37 Shoal draft From: Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: April 11, 2018 12:43 PM To: C&C List<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Marek Dziedzic<mailto:dziedzi...@hotmail.com> Subject: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration This might be of interest to some of us. Apparently there are quite a few false alarms for EPIRB (and similar systems). there was an interesting blurb regarding this problem at Sail Feed: https://www.sailfeed.com/2018/04/its-406-epirb-day/?utm_source=sail-enewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=enewsletter_SAIL180410 Marek ___ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
Re: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration
Standard checklist procedure in the aviation world from private pilot level is to check emergency frequency on radio at startup to ensure yours has not been set off by bad circuitry and at shutdown in case a hard landing. False alarms happen in this world too. Maybe this check proceedure should be added to radio checklist for boating and marine radio training course? David C&C30MK2 Impulse On April 12, 2018 06:36:50 David via CnC-List wrote: ...and re-register it. David F. Risch Gulf Stream Associates, LLC (401) 419-4650 From: CnC-List on behalf of Mike via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 5:05 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Mike Subject: Re: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration Reminds me of the time we were visiting the Etobicoke Yacht Club. We were getting ready to leave and we kept hearing this beep, beep and couldn’t figure out where it was coming from. Before we could get away some friends stopped by and we had a coffee. I ask them if they could hear that annoying beep. They could but they also could not determine where it was coming from. While we were enjoying our coffee the DO came knocking and asked if we new the coast guard was looking for us and apparently everyone on Lake Ontario as well. We didn’t. He informed us that our EPIRB had gone off . Upon investigation I found that the little pill that dissolves in water had deteriorated. I immediately pulled the battery, and hailed the coast guard tp call off the posse. What’s amazing is that I had never register the EPRIB when I bought Persuasion. The coast guard called the previous owner who gave them my name. So thank you Marek for bringing this to everyone’s attention. Conclusion; if you have an EPRIB or any other such devise and are not actively sailing SHUT IT OFF. Thanks Mike C&C 37 Shoal draft From: Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List Sent: April 11, 2018 12:43 PM To: C&C List Cc: Marek Dziedzic Subject: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration This might be of interest to some of us. Apparently there are quite a few false alarms for EPIRB (and similar systems). there was an interesting blurb regarding this problem at Sail Feed: https://www.sailfeed.com/2018/04/its-406-epirb-day/?utm_source=sail-enewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=enewsletter_SAIL180410 Marek ___ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray ___ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
Re: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration
No I call to have it repaired and updated and I was advised that the technology was too old and wouldn’t be worth it. So it got crushed. Mike PERSUASION C&C 37 K/CB Long Sault > On Apr 12, 2018, at 9:31 AM, David via CnC-List wrote: > > ...and re-register it. > > David F. Risch > > Gulf Stream Associates, LLC > > (401) 419-4650 > > > From: CnC-List on behalf of Mike via CnC-List > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 5:05 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Mike > Subject: Re: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration > > Reminds me of the time we were visiting the Etobicoke Yacht Club. We were > getting ready to leave and we kept hearing this beep, beep and couldn’t > figure out where it was coming from. Before we could get away some friends > stopped by and we had a coffee. I ask them if they could hear that annoying > beep. They could but they also could not determine where it was coming from. > While we were enjoying our coffee the DO came knocking and asked if we new > the coast guard was looking for us and apparently everyone on Lake Ontario as > well. We didn’t. He informed us that our EPIRB had gone off . Upon > investigation I found that the little pill that dissolves in water had > deteriorated. I immediately pulled the battery, and hailed the coast guard > tp call off the posse. > > > > What’s amazing is that I had never register the EPRIB when I bought > Persuasion. The coast guard called the previous owner who gave them my name. > > > > So thank you Marek for bringing this to everyone’s attention. > > > > Conclusion; if you have an EPRIB or any other such devise and are not > actively sailing SHUT IT OFF. > > > > Thanks > > Mike > > > > C&C 37 > > Shoal draft > > From: Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List > Sent: April 11, 2018 12:43 PM > To: C&C List > Cc: Marek Dziedzic > Subject: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration > > > > This might be of interest to some of us. > > > > Apparently there are quite a few false alarms for EPIRB (and similar > systems). there was an interesting blurb regarding this problem at Sail Feed: > > > > https://www.sailfeed.com/2018/04/its-406-epirb-day/?utm_source=sail-enewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=enewsletter_SAIL180410 > > > > Marek > > > > ___ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > ___ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray