On Sat, 19 May 2012 12:20:00 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 18 May 2012 21:18:30 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELi... ection=10047

Looks like a great deal for cruisers like you.
Running around the Estero bay, I can usually hollar loud enough to
reach someone on shore ;-)
If not I could walk home.

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It could also be relevant for people who hang out in the Everglades or
some of the other back country with limited or no cell phone/VHF
service. The low country coastal regions of the Carolinas are
notorious for communications gaps. Some of the small boat fisherman
who go 50 miles offshore in center consoles or small cuddy cabins
could also benefit. We once had to rescue a 20 something center
console with an entire family aboard because they had lost power and
were drifting towards the cliffs on the south end of Block Island,
Rhode Island. The cliffs were blocking both their cell phone and VHF
signals even though they were close to civilization.